Battle of Meloria | |||||||
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Part of Genoese-Pisan Wars | |||||||
![]() Lithograph of the battle of Meloria by Armanino | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Oberto Doria Benedetto Zaccaria Corrado Spinola [3][4][5] |
Albertino Morosini (POW) Count Ugolino Andreotto Saraceno [3][5][6] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
88 galleys [4][6][7][8] | 72 galleys [3][7][8] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Doria calls the losses of the Genoese moderate [9] |
5,000 killed [1][3][6][8][9][10] 9,000–11,000 captured [1][6][8][9][10] 35–37 galleys lost [3][6][8][9][10] |
The Battle of Meloria was fought near the islet of Meloria in the Ligurian Sea on 5 and 6 August 1284 between the fleets of the Republics of Genoa and Pisa as part of the Genoese-Pisan War. The victory of Genoa and the destruction of the Pisan fleet marked the decline of the Republic of Pisa.[11]
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