Battle of Focchies

The Battle of Focchies was a significant naval engagement that took place on 12 May 1649, in the harbour of Focchies, Smyrna between a Venetian force of nineteen warships under the command of Giacomo da Riva, and an Ottoman force of eleven warships, ten galleasses, and seventy-two galleys, with the battle resulting in a crushing victory for the Venetian fleet. The battle was an episode in the Cretan War from 1645 to 1669 between the Venetian Republic and the Ottoman Empire over dominance of various territories in the Mediterranean Sea. The war was one in a series of wars between the two warring powers, which contested for control of the Adriatic and Mediterranean trade routes. The primary territory that was contested during the war was Crete, the largest and most profitable of the overseas holdings of the Venetian Republic. The battle came after a squadron of Venetian ships under the command of Giacomo da Riva, a Venetian admiral, came to the rescue of the blockading Venetian force in the Dardanelles Straits, after the blockade had run into unexpected weather conditions and many ships sunk as a result.

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1649  Wikimedia, Wikidata
naval battle, Ottoman Empire, Republic of Venice, 

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1649 Battle of Focchies

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-189 Capture of Phocaea

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1613 Battle of Cape Corvo

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1695 Battle of the Oinousses Islands

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Battle of Focchies, 1649 RCIN 723088

Slag van de verenigde Venetiaanse en Nederlandse vloten tegen de Turken in de Baai van Foja, 1649. Rijksmuseum SK-A-3737

Battle of the combined Venetian and Dutch fleets against the Turks in the Bay of Foja 1649 (Abraham Beerstratenm, 1656)

Battle of Focchies, 1649 RCIN 723088 (cropped)

Slag van de verenigde Venetiaanse en Nederlandse vloten tegen de Turken in de Baai van Foja, 1649, SK-A-3737

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	189	Capture of Phocaea	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1613	Battle of Cape Corvo	Ottoman Empire, Hispanic Monarchy, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1649	Battle of Focchies	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1695	Battle of the Oinousses Islands	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		Three Decks page@		Wikidata
site	fort		Ceneviz Kulesi, Mardaliç Adası	watchtower, fortress	Wikidata
commons	image		Battle of Focchies, 1649 RCIN 723088		Commons
commons	image		Slag van de verenigde Venetiaanse en Nederlandse vloten tegen de Turken in de Baai van Foja, 1649. Rijksmuseum SK-A-3737		Commons
commons	image		Battle of the combined Venetian and Dutch fleets against the Turks in the Bay of Foja 1649 (Abraham Beerstratenm, 1656)		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Focchies, 1649 RCIN 723088 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Slag van de verenigde Venetiaanse en Nederlandse vloten tegen de Turken in de Baai van Foja, 1649, SK-A-3737		Commons