Battle of Vis (1866)

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Battle_of_Lissa
gptkbp:casualties Austrian: 38 killed, 138 wounded
Italian: 620 killed, 38 wounded, 1,000 captured
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Kingdom_of_Italy
gptkb:Austrian_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Carlo_Pellion_di_Persano
gptkb:Wilhelm_von_Tegetthoff
gptkbp:date 20 July 1866
gptkbp:followedBy no major naval battle in Adriatic until World War I
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Vis (1866)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Adriatic_Sea
near island of Vis
gptkbp:notableFor first major sea battle between ironclad warships
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Third_Italian_War_of_Independence
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Heligoland_(1864)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Austro-Prussian_War
gptkbp:result Austrian victory
gptkbp:shipsLost Austrian: none
Italian: 2 ironclads sunk
gptkbp:significance demonstrated effectiveness of ramming tactics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vis,_Croatia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8