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{{Short description|1657 naval battle}}
{{Campaignbox Cretan War (1645-1669)}}
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This battle took place on 18 May 1657 and was a victory for the [[Republic of Venice]] over the main [[Ottoman Navy]] and the fleet of the Ottoman province of [[Ottoman Algeria|Algiers]]. Not many details are known.
==Ships involved==
===Venice===
''[[Capitana d'Algeri]]'' (ex-Algerian ''Perla'', captured earlier that year)<br>
''[[Arma di Midelborgo]]''<br>
''[[Pomerlan]]''<br>
''[[Arma di Colognia]]''<br>
===Ottomans===
14 saiks{{typo help inline|date=March 2019}} - Captured
==References==
* {{Naval Wars in the Levant 1559–1853}} <!-- Anderson 1952 -->
* {{Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the Seventeenth Century}} <!-- Setton 1991 -->
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1657]]
[[Category:Naval battles of the Cretan War (1645–1669)|1657]]
[[Category:Naval battles involving the Regency of Algiers]]
[[Category:1657 in the Ottoman Empire]]
[[Category:1657 in the Republic of Venice]]
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