Battle of Lepanto (1571)

Battle of Lepanto
Part of the Fourth Ottoman-Venetian War and the Ottoman-Habsburg wars
The Battle of Lepanto, unknown artist, late 16th century.
Date 7 October 1571 Location Gulf of Patras, Ionian Sea Result Decisive Holy League victory
Belligerents
Holy League:  Republic of Venice Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily Papal States  Republic of Genoa Knights of Malta Grand Duchy of Tuscany  Duchy of Savoy Duchy of Urbino	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Holy League Navy: Center: John of Austria Sebastiano Venier Marcantonio Colonna Pietro Giustiniani Left: Agostino Barbarigo † Right: Gianandrea Doria Reserve: Álvaro de Bazán	Ottoman Navy: Center: Sufi Ali Pasha † Right: Mahomet Sirocco † Left: Uluç Ali (Occhiali)
Strength
212 ships 6 galleasses 206 galleys 28,500 soldiers 40,000 sailors and oarsmen 1,815 guns	251 ships 206 galleys 45 galliots 31,490 soldiers 50,000 sailors and oarsmen 750 guns
Casualties and losses
7,500 dead 17 ships lost	20,000 dead, wounded or captured 137 ships captured 50 ships sunk 12,000 Christians freed

Coordinates: 38°15′N 21°15′E / 38.250°N 21.250°E / 38.250; 21.250

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212 ships

28,500 soldiers
40,000 sailors and oarsmen

251 ships

31,490 soldiers
50,000 sailors and oarsmen

The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement taking place on 7 October 1571 in which a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of European Catholic maritime states arranged by Pope Pius V, financed by Habsburg Spain and led by admiral Don John of Austria, decisively defeated the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras, where the Ottoman forces sailing westwards from their naval station in Lepanto (the Venetian name of ancient Naupactus Ναύπακτος, Ottoman İnebahtı) met the fleet of the Holy League sailing east from Messina, Sicily.

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