The Naval Battle of Preveza: Ottoman Mastery of the Mediterranean

1538 CE · Preveze (Yunanistan) · military

The Ottoman fleet under the command of Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha inflicted a heavy defeat at Preveza on the crusader naval coalition led by Andrea Doria.

With this victory the Ottomans became the undisputed naval power of the eastern Mediterranean, a supremacy that lasted until Lepanto (1571).

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What was The Naval Battle of Preveza: Ottoman Mastery of the Mediterranean?
The Ottoman fleet under the command of Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha inflicted a heavy defeat at Preveza on the crusader naval coalition led by Andrea Doria.
When did The Naval Battle of Preveza: Ottoman Mastery of the Mediterranean happen?
1538 CE
Where did The Naval Battle of Preveza: Ottoman Mastery of the Mediterranean take place?
Preveze (Yunanistan)