Battle of the Oinousses Islands

This article is about the battle in 1695. For the battle in 1090, see Battle of the Oinousses Islands (1090).

The Battle of the Oinousses Islands (Italian: Battaglia di Spalmadori) comprised two separate actions, on 9 and 19 February 1695 near the Oinousses (Turkish: Koyun Adaları), a small island group off Cape Karaburun in western Anatolia, between a Venetian fleet under Antonio Zeno and the Algerian fleet under Mezzo Morto Hüseyin. The result of the first battle was a Venetian defeat, and although the second engagement ended in a draw, the Venetian position in Chios became untenable, forcing Zeno to abandon the island, which had been captured a few months earlier.

Battle of the Oinousses Islands
Part of the Morean War (Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War)
Date 9 and 19 February 1695 Location near the Oinousses Islands Result Algerian victory
Belligerents
Republic of Venice	Regency of Algiers
Commanders and leaders
Antonio Zeno	Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
Strength
21 sailing ships 5 galeasses 21 galleys	20 sailing ships 24 galleys

In the first engagement, Venetian casualties were 142 killed and 300 wounded on the sailing ships, excluding the three ships lost, and 323 killed and 303 wounded on the galleys. All together, less than 2500 casualties. In the second engagement, the Venetians were at a numerical disadvantage, due to the loss of three ships and the absence of the damaged San Vittorio. Venetian deaths were 132, and Fama Volante was damaged, along with 2 Ottoman sailing ships.

Opposing forces (9 February)

Venice (Zeno)

• Stella Maris - Blew up
• Rosa 60
• San Lorenzo Giustinian 70/80
• Leon Coronato - Blew up
• Nettuno 50/60
• Valor Coronato 54
• San Domenico 60
• Redentore del Mundo 70
• Vittoria 50/60
• San Nicolo 54
• Sacra Lega 60
• Drago Volante c.60 - Blew up
• Fama Volante 50
• Madonna della Salute 50
• Venere Armata 52
• Ercole Vittorioso 50/60
• San Antonio di Padova c.50
• Pace ed Abbondanza 50
• San Giovanni Battista Piccolo c.50
• San Vittorio 62 - Damaged
• San Giovanni Battista Grande 60
• 5 galleasses
• 21 galleys

Regency of Algiers (Mezzo Morto)

• 20 sailing ships
• 24 galleys

References

• Anderson, R. C. (1952). Naval Wars in the Levant 1559–1853. Princeton: Princeton University Press. OCLC 1015099422.