Battle of Gerontas

Battle of Gerontas
	Part of the Greek War of Independence
	; Plan of the battle
Date	10 September [O.S. 29 August] 1824
Location	off Leros, Aegean Sea37°12′7″N 27°10′12″E
Result	Greek victory Control of Samos secured;
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
Casualties and losses
unknown	one 44-gun frigate destroyed; 1,300 killed ; Tunisian admiral and one Egyptian colonel captured
	Location within Aegean Sea Battle of Gerontas (Turkey)

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 contributed to by Egypt, Tunisia and Tripoli.

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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