For the Second World War battle, see Battle of Cape Matapan.
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Battle of Matapan
Part of the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
Batalha Naval do Cabo Matapão, by António José Ramos, copy of the original painting made by João Dantas in 1812.
Date
19 July 1717
Location
Off Cape Matapan, Mediterranean Sea
Result
Catholic victory[1][2][3]
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire
Venice
Portugal
Malta
Papal States
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Pasha
Marcantonio Diedo
Lopo F. de Mendonça
Strength
34 ships 24 galleys 1 frigate
22 ships 21 frigates 9 galleys
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Unknown
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Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
Morea
Nauplia
Corfu
Corfu Channel
Imbros
Matapan
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Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts
Siege of Jeddah (1517)
Battle of Ash-Shihr (1531)
Siege of Diu (1531)
Conquest of Tunis (1535)
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560)
Siege of Malacca (1568)
Battle of Alcácer Quibir
Capture of Muscat (1581)
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1586–1589)
Sack of Madeira (1617)
Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)
Battle at the Portuguese coast (1726)
The Battle of Matapan, also known as the Battle of Cape Matapan, took place on 19 July 1717 off the Cape Matapan, on the coast of the Mani Peninsula, now in southern Greece. The naval battle was between the Armada Grossa of the Republic of Venice, supported by a mixed squadron of allied ships from Portugal, the Papal States and Malta, and the Ottoman fleet, under Kapudan Pasha Eğribozli Ibrahim Pasha.
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^Anstruther, Godfrey (1969). The Seminary Priests: A Dictionary of the Secular Clergy of England and Wales, 1558-1850. St. Edmund's College. ISBN 978-0-85597-118-2.
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