Battle of Pianosa

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Battle of Pianosa
Part of the wars of Christian powers against the Barbary Corsairs
Date25 April 1519
Location
Tuscan Archipelago, Tyrrhenian Sea
Result Genoese Victory
Belligerents
 Republic of Genoa Tunisian corsairs
Commanders and leaders

Andrea Doria

Filippino Doria		 Kaid Ali (POW)
Strength
  • 6 galleys
  • 1 galley
  • 7 to 20 fustes (depending on accounts)
Casualties and losses
  • Heavy
  • 500 dead
  • 25 captured
  • 1 galley captured
  • at least 5 fustes captured
  • several fustes sunk

The Battle of Pianosa was a naval engagement which took place on 25 April 25, 1519, when a Genoese fleet severely defeated the flotilla of the Tunisia-based Barbary corsair Kaid Ali in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in view of the island of Elba. The battle broke the back of one of the rising corsair bases on the Barbary Coast, Bizerte, and established Andrea Doria as among the foremost captains in the Mediterranean.

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