The Battle of Saseno took place on 14 August 1264 near Saseno Island off the coast of Albania, between a fleet of the Republic of Genoa and a trade convoy of the Republic of Venice, during the War of Saint Sabas. Since the outbreak of the war in 1256, the Genoese had experienced only defeats in direct confrontations with the Venetian navy, and had therefore resorted to raiding the Venetian commerce convoys to the Levant that were critical to the Venetian economy.
In mid-1264, the Genoese commander, Simone Grillo, managed to trick his Venetian counterpart, Andrea Barozzi, as to his intentions: Grillo spread rumours that he intended to head due east to the Levant, but secretly took up station at the island of Malta, south of the usual sea lanes. When Barozzi took the bait and moved east to pursue Grillo with his much larger fleet, the latter was free to attack a Venetian convoy heading out from Venice to the Levant. Confident of the absence of any threat, the convoy commander, Michele Duaro, was caught by surprise when he encountered the Genoese fleet off Saseno. The much more manoeuvreable Genoese galleys captured or sank most of the convoy's slow-moving merchant ships, except for the giant cargo vessel (nave) Roccafortis. Duaro rallied his crews there for safety, abandoning the other ships in the process. The trade goods captured by the Genoese were estimated at 100,000 Genoese liras. Venice was able to destroy the Genoese fleet two years later, however, and in 1270 the two states concluded a truce that ended the war.
The BattleofSaseno took place on 14 August 1264 near Saseno Island off the coast of Albania, between a fleet of the Republic of Genoa and a trade convoy...
– BattleofSaseno: The Genoese fleet (16 galleys) manages to trick and capture an entire Venetian trade convoy near Saseno Island off the coast of Albania...
Venetian trade convoy at the BattleofSaseno. 1352 – War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battleof Mauron. 1370 – Charles...
Venetian battle fleet and engaged in commerce raiding against the Venetian merchant convoys, achieving a notable success in 1264 at the BattleofSaseno. In...
merchant convoys. This type of warfare is exemplified by the Battle of Saseno in August 1264, when the annual Venetian trade convoy (muda) to the Levant...
– BattleofSaseno: The Genoese fleet (16 galleys) manages to trick and capture an entire Venetian trade convoy near Saseno Island off the coast of Albania...
capture a Venetian trade convoy at the BattleofSaseno. 1266 – Venetian victory against the Genoese at the Battleof Trapani 1268 Lorenzo Tiepolo is elected...
captured or sunk by a larger Genoese fleet, in what is known as the BattleofSaseno. The final naval engagement occurred on 23 June 1266, and resulted...
the occupation of Vlorë, while it retained diplomatic protection over Albania to ensure its independence and annexed the island ofSaseno. The armistice...
role of the ship is disputed; some sources note the ship was used to defend Venice's Levant trade, and she has been placed at the BattleofSaseno in 1264...
of the Serbian Balšić noble family, who received Valona, Kanina, Berat and Himara as a dowry. Many of Valona's citizens fled to the island ofSaseno and...
they called it. On October 31 the Italians seized the strategic island ofSaseno or Sazan Island. In December Italy reiterated that Albania would remain...
borders, plus the island ofSaseno (Sazan), facing the coast of Albania near Vlorë, the latter separated from the province of Zadar of which it had been part...
(maintaining only the island ofSaseno). This put an end to Italian claims for Vlora and for a mandate over Albania, rescuing the territory of the Albanian state...
The following is a list ofbattles fought by the Republic of Venice, from the traditional date of its founding in 697 until its dissolution in 1797, organized...
Albania; with the treaty of Tirana, Italy retained the island ofSaseno and recognition of Albania as being within its sphere of influence (which was confirmed...
the direction of the surveillance office in the Armstrong plants in Naples, the command of the Saseno naval detachment, the direction of the technical...
territory (except Saseno island) under Italian control in Albania was relinquished to the Albanian state. Albania achieved a degree of statehood after the...
(2003). First World War. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 91. "Italy Occupies Saseno". The New York Sun. November 1, 1914. Retrieved October 24, 2014. Hobbs...
ships, and at 23:58 a listening station at Sazan (known to the Italians as Saseno) also detected them. Antiaircraft artillery ashore opened fire, then ceased...
had to interrupt the siege after a few days, however, when news of the events at Saseno reached them. Instead, Barozzi hurried to Acre to escort the previous...
upon which Italy retreated from Albania (maintaining only the island ofSaseno), putting an end to Italian claims over Vlora and a mandate over Albania...
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