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There was a series of battles that took place in 1697 when the Venetian fleet, underBartolomeo Contarini, hunted down the Turkish fleet in theAegean Sea.
The actions took place on 6 July nearLemnos, on 1 September betweenAndros andEuboea, and on 20 September south of Euboea. Both sides had about twenty-six battleships as well as several smaller vessels. Casualties forVenice were seventy-one killed and 163 wounded in the first battle and 191 killed and 516 wounded in the last.
(The number after the name refers to the number of cannon in the ship's main armament.)
San Lorenzo Giustinian 70/80 (flag)
Aurora 80
San Domenico 60
Valor Coronado 54
Nettuno 50/60
Rosa 60
Fenice 56
Fede Guerriera 56
Iride 60/66
San Sebastiano 68 – Blew up, 1 (or 2?) September
Tigre 66
Giove 64
Sole d'Oro 70
Rizzo d'Oro (not in 1st battle)
Amazzone Guerriera (not in first battle)
Redentore del Mundo 70
Venere Armata 52
Vittoria 50/60
San Nicolo 54
Sacra Lega 60
San Andrea 60
Ercole Vittorioso 50/60
Pace ed Abbondanza 50
San Vittorio 62
San Giovanni Battista Grande 60
Madonna della Salute 50
Fama Volante 50
Cavallo Marino (merchantman)
Madonna del Rosario (merchantman)
? (fireship) – Expended 20 September
? (fireship)
severalgalliots andgalleys (one of each captured during the first battle)
1 3-decker battleship (likely to have been a seventy or eighty gunner)
25 other battleships (likely to have been fifty to sixty four gunners)
19 galliots (more galliots joined before the third battle)
2 fireships
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