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Video from the series - Magnificent Century showing the Battle of Preveza where the Ottomans destroyed a naval fleet more than double the size and sank the Holy League fleet to the bottom of the sea.
Date 28 September 1538
Location Preveza, Ionian Sea
Result Ottoman victory[1]
Belligerents
Holy League:
Republic of Venice
Spanish Empire
Portuguese Empire
Papal States
Republic of Genoa
Order of Saint John
Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andrea Doria
Hayreddin Barbarossa
Strength
Holy League
112 galleys,
50 galleons,
140 barques,
60,000 soldiers.
Ottomans
122 galleys and galliots,
12,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
13 ships lost (10 ships sunk, 3 ships burned);
36 ships captured and seized by the Ottomans;
3,000 prisoners.
No loss of ship;
~400 dead;
~800 wounded
Date 28 September 1538
Location Preveza, Ionian Sea
Result Ottoman victory[1]
Belligerents
Holy League:
Order of Saint John
Commanders and leaders
Andrea Doria
Hayreddin BarbarossaStrength
Holy League
112 galleys,
50 galleons,
140 barques,
60,000 soldiers.
Ottomans
122 galleys and galliots,
12,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
13 ships lost (10 ships sunk, 3 ships burned);
36 ships captured and seized by the Ottomans;
3,000 prisoners.
No loss of ship;
~400 dead;
~800 wounded
