Battle of Gerontas
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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 10 September [O.S. 29 August] 1824, a Greek fleet of 75 ships defeated an Ottoman armada of 100 ships[4] contributed to by Egypt, Tunisia and Tripoli.
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Battle of Gerontas | |||||||
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Part of the Greek War of Independence | |||||||
Plan of the battle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First Hellenic Republic | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Andreas Miaoulis Dimitrios Papanikolis | Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
70-75 warships (of them 9 fireships) 800 cannons |
1 battleship 18 frigates 14 corvettes 70 brigs and schooners 30 small craft 151 transports (most probable estimate), not all engaged[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown |
one 44-gun frigate destroyed 1,300 killed[2] Tunisian admiral and one Egyptian colonel captured[3] | ||||||
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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.