Battle of Adramyttion (1334)

Battle of Adramyttion
Part of the Crusades

14th-century painting of a light galley, from an icon now at the Byzantine and Christian Museum at Athens
DateAutumn 1334
Location
Result Naval League victory
Belligerents
Christian Naval League:
 Republic of Venice
Sovereign Military Order of Malta Knights Hospitaller
Kingdom of Cyprus
Papal States
 Kingdom of France
Beylik of Karasi
Commanders and leaders
Pietro Zeno Yakhshi
Strength
34 galleys
Casualties and losses
150 ships destroyed, 5,000 soldiers killed

The Battle of Adramyttion occurred in autumn 1334 between the fleets of a Christian naval league, headed by the Republic of Venice and the Knights Hospitaller, and of the Turkish beylik of Karasi. The battle was a Christian victory.


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