Battle of Cape Celidonia

The Battle of Cape Gelidonya took place on 14 July 1616 during the Ottoman–Habsburg struggle for the control of the Mediterranean. During its course, a small Spanish fleet owned by Viceroy of Naples Pedro Téllez-Girón, Duke of Osuna, under the command of Francisco de Rivera, was attacked by an Ottoman fleet that vastly outnumbered it while cruising off Cyprus. Despite this, the Spanish ships, mostly galleons, managed to repel the Ottomans, whose fleet consisted mainly of galleys, inflicting heavy losses.

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1616  Wikidata
naval battle, Ottoman Empire, Hispanic Monarchy, Turkey, 

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1616 Battle of Cape Celidonia

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1616	Battle of Cape Celidonia	Ottoman Empire, naval battle, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
site	fort		Olympos Akropolü	acropolis, fortress	Wikidata