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On October 7, 1571, at the Battle of Lepanto, the Holy League of southern European nations destroyed the Ottoman fleet in a significant loss off Western Greece. An excerpt from the article:
"Centuries before the great sea battles of Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and Leyte Gulf a momentous naval engagement temporarily united Christendom and ended Muslim domination of the Mediterranean Sea. A turning point in naval history, the 1571 Battle of Lepanto was waged across a 5-mile front in the Gulf of Patras, west of the Ottoman-held Greek port of Lepanto (present-day Nafpaktos). The furious and sanguineous encounter pitted the fleet of Pope Pius V’s Holy League against a superior Turkish armada under Ottoman Grand Admiral Ali Pasha. As decisive as it proved on a strategic level, Lepanto marked the swan song of the war galley, as the sailing vessels that fought alongside their oar-powered sisters were the wave of the future."
"Centuries before the great sea battles of Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and Leyte Gulf a momentous naval engagement temporarily united Christendom and ended Muslim domination of the Mediterranean Sea. A turning point in naval history, the 1571 Battle of Lepanto was waged across a 5-mile front in the Gulf of Patras, west of the Ottoman-held Greek port of Lepanto (present-day Nafpaktos). The furious and sanguineous encounter pitted the fleet of Pope Pius V’s Holy League against a superior Turkish armada under Ottoman Grand Admiral Ali Pasha. As decisive as it proved on a strategic level, Lepanto marked the swan song of the war galley, as the sailing vessels that fought alongside their oar-powered sisters were the wave of the future."
Twilight of the Galleys off Lepanto
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Knew someone who was working on an underwater archeological exploration of the battle site when I was in Turkey. They hadn't discovered anything major while I was there and didn't keep in contact after I left.
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Fascinating stuff for me SGT (Join to see) , Thank You. This area of history is largely new territory I've never studied, so it's an extra special treat. The great thing is history never ends... it just keeps moving along (a moving target so-to-speak).
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