The Battle of Preveza
Claire Berlinski, Ed. ·
Sep 28, 2011 at 12:41am
Reportedly--I have yet to confirm this--Erdoğan has recommended that the international community "take the necessary lessons from the Preveza victory." I suspect no one has reminded him that the more recent battle of Preveza was in 1911, not 1538.
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Jul '11
Re: The Battle of Preveza
Maybe someone should remind him of the Battle of Lepanto...
Jul '10
Re: The Battle of Preveza
Well someone has reminded him of the existence of submarines.
Hey, anybody in particular have subs in the Eastern Med?
Re: The Battle of Preveza
Like anyone's going to tell me? Reportedly, the Russians have sent a few.
Re: The Battle of Preveza
Here's a Turkish naval blog for those interested.
Re: The Battle of Preveza
Actually, I take that back. SACEUR Admiral James Stavridis just pitched up in Ankara. He was apparently in Tel Aviv the day before. I suspect he may have pointed this out.
Feb '11
Re: The Battle of Preveza
Exactly what I was thinking. VDH has a good write-up of that battle in his 'Carnage in Culture'.
Apr '11
Re: The Battle of Preveza
"Turkey's national interests in the seas reach from its surrounding waters to the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean."
One should also think about airborne anti-ship missiles. And of course there are US and Israeli subs in the Mediterranean along the the Russkies. And a few from NATO countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_class_submarine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_class_submarine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seawolf_class_submarine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_class_submarine
Iran has some Russian built submarines.
May '10
Re: The Battle of Preveza
Thanks! Turks have the best navals.