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| Battle of the Oinousses Islands | |||||||
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| Part of theMorean War (Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Republic of Venice |  Regency of Algiers | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Antonio Zeno [it] |  Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 21 sailing ships 5 galeasses 21galleys | 20 sailing ships 24galleys | ||||||
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TheBattle of the Oinousses Islands (Italian:Battaglia di Spalmadori) comprised two separate actions, on 9 and 19 February 1695 near theOinousses (Turkish:Koyun Adaları), a small island group offCape Karaburun in westernAnatolia, between aVenetian fleet underAntonio Zeno [it] and the Algerian fleet underMezzo Morto Hüseyin. The result of the first battle was a Venetian defeat, and although the second engagement ended in a draw, the Venetian position inChios became untenable, forcing Zeno to abandon the island, which had beencaptured a few months earlier.
In the first engagement, Venetian casualties were 142 killed and 300 wounded on the sailing ships, excluding the three ships lost, and 323 killed and 303 wounded on the galleys. All together, less than 2500 casualties. In the second engagement, the Venetians were at a numerical disadvantage, due to the loss of three ships and the absence of the damagedSan Vittorio. Venetian deaths were 132, andFama Volante was damaged, along with 2 Ottoman sailing ships.