Battle of Matapan

Battle of Matapan
	Part of the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
	; Batalha Naval do Cabo Matapão, by António José Ramos, copy of the original painting made by João Dantas in 1812.
Date	19 July 1717
Location	Off Cape Matapan, Mediterranean Sea
Result	Indecisive
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Venice; Portugal; Malta; Papal States;
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Pasha	Marcantonio Diedo; Count of Rio Grande;
Strength
34 ships ; 24 galleys ; 1 frigate	22 ships ; 21 frigates ; 9 galleys
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Matapan, also known as the Battle of Cape Matapan, took place on 19 July 1717 off the Cape Matapan, on the coast of the Mani Peninsula, now in southern Greece. The naval battle was between the Armada Grossa of the Republic of Venice, supported by a mixed squadron of allied ships from Portugal, the Papal States and Malta, and the Ottoman fleet, under Kapudan Pasha Eğribozli Ibrahim Pasha.

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