Action of 6 July 1697

Action of 6 July 1697

This series of battles took place in 1697 when the Venetian fleet, under Contarini, hunted down the Turkish fleet in the Aegean Sea. The actions took place on July 6 near Lemnos, on 1 September between Andros and Euboea and on 20 September south of Euboea. Both sides had about twenty six battleships as well as several smaller vessels. Casualties for Venice were seventy one killed and 163 wounded in the first battle and 191 killed and 516 wounded in the last.

The following ships were involved:

Venice

The number after the name refers to the number of cannon in the ship's main armament.

"San Lorenzo Giustinian" 70/80 (flag)
"Aurora" 80
"San Domenico" 60
"Valor Coronado" 54
"Nettuno" 50/60
"Rosa" 60
"Fenice" 56
"Fede Guerriera" 56
"Iride" 60/66
"San Sebastiano" sixty eight - Blew up, one (or 2?) September
"Tigre" 66
"Giove" 64
"Sole d'Oro" 70
"Rizzo d'Oro" (not in 1st battle)
"Amazzone Guerriera" (not in first battle)
"Redentore del Mundo" 70
"Venere Armata" 52
"Vittoria" 50/60
"San Nicolo" 54
"Sacra Lega" 60
"San Andrea" 60
"Ercole Vittorioso" 50/60
"Pace ed Abbondanza" 50
"San Vittorio" 62
"San Giovanni Battista Grande" 60
"Madonna della Salute" 50
"Fama Volante" 50
"Cavallo Marino" (merchantman)
"Madonna del Rosario" (merchantman)
"?" (fireship) - Expended 20 September
"?" (fireship)
several galliots and galleys (one of each captured during the first battle)

Turkey

1 3-decker battleship (likely to have been a seventy or eighty gunner)
25 other battleships (likely to have been fifty to sixty four gunners)
19 galliots (more galliots joined before the third battle)
2 fireships

References

*"Naval wars in the Levant 1559-1853" - R. C. Anderson ISBN 1-57898-538-2


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