Battle of Pianosa

42°48′N 10°00′E / 42.800°N 10.000°E / 42.800; 10.000

Battle of Pianosa
Part of the wars of Christian powers against the Barbary Corsairs
Date 25 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.