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The naval
Battle of Zonchio (also known as the
Battle of Sapienza or the
First Battle of Lepanto) took place on four separate days: August 12, 20, 22 and 25,
1499. It was a part of the
Ottoman-Venetian Wars of 1499-1503. It was the first naval battle in history where cannons were used on ships.
In January
1499 Kemal Reis set sail from
Istanbul with a force of 10
galleys and 4 other types of ships, and in July 1499 met with the huge Ottoman fleet which was sent to him by Davud Pasha and took over its command in order to wage a large scale war against the
Republic of Venice. The Ottoman fleet consisted of 67 galleys, 20
galliots and circa 200 smaller vessels.
After reaching
Cape Zonchio in the
Ionian Sea with the large Ottoman fleet in August 1499,
Kemal Reis defeated the
Venetian fleet of 47 galleys, 17 galliots and circa 100 smaller vessels under the command of
Antonio Grimani. During the most critical stage of the battle, two Venetian carracks, captained by Andrea Loredan (a member of the influential Loredan family of Venice) and by Alban d'Armer, boarded one of the command ships of the Turkish fleet. The commander of the vessel, Burak Reis, was unable to disentangle his ship from the boarders and chose to set her aflame. The sight of the three great ships burning together dealt a severe blow to the Venetian morale.
Antonio Grimani was arrested on
September 29 but was eventually released. Grimani later became the
Doge of Venice in 1521. The Ottoman Sultan
Bayezid II gifted 10 of the captured Venetian galleys to Kemal Reis, who later stationed his fleet at the island of
Cefalonia between October and December, 1499.
The Turks and Venetians soon confronted each other for a second time at the
Second Battle of Lepanto, which is also known as the Battle of Modon, and the Turks were once again victorious under Admiral
Kemal Reis.
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