| Battle of Gerontas | |||||||
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| Part of Greek War of Independence | |||||||
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| Greek Navy | Ottoman Navy | ||||||
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| Admiral Andreas Miaoulis | Husrev Pasha | ||||||
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| 75 vessels | 100 warships, 300 cargo vessels | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 1 frigate, Tunisian admiral captured | ||||||
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The Battle of Gerontas (Greek: Ναυμαχία του Γέροντα) was a naval battle fought close to the island of Leros in the southeast Aegean Sea. On August 29 (julian calendar), 1824, a Greek fleet of 75 ships defeated an Ottoman armada of 100 ships contributed to by Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria.[1]
The Battle of Gerontas was one of the most decisive naval engagements of the Greek war of Independence and secured the island of Samos under Greek control.
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