Battle of Lipari

Battle of Lipari (1561)
	Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars
Date	July 1561
Location	Lipari
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Kingdom of Sicily
Commanders and leaders
Turgut Reis	Friar Bernardo †
Strength
9 ships	7 ships
Casualties and losses
Unknown	All ships captured

The Battle of Lipari was a battle in which the Ottoman navy, commanded by the Tripoli Beylerbeyi Turgut Reis, defeated the Kingdom of Sicily (affiliated to the Spanish Empire) navy under the command of the Guimeran Priest Bernardo in a naval battle off the island of Lipari in July 1561, capturing all of its ships.^[1]^[2]

^ "Naval wars in the Levant, 1559-1853", R.C. Anderson, Princeton University Press (1952), p.14
^ "The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II", Fernand Braudel, University of California Press (1995), v.2, p.992

[1] "Naval wars in the Levant, 1559-1853", R.C. Anderson, Princeton University Press (1952), p.14

[2] "The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II", Fernand Braudel, University of California Press (1995), v.2, p.992

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Battle of Lipari

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