Adriatic theater of the Third Italian War of Independence

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The Adriatic theater of the Third Italian War of Independence was the maritime front where Austrian and Italian naval forces contested control of the Adriatic Sea during the 1866 conflict.

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instanceOf military theater of war
naval theater
belligerent Austrian Navy
Regia Marina
linked to: Italian Navy
commandStructure Austrian Navy high command
Italian naval command
conflict Third Italian War of Independence
conflictType naval warfare
countryInvolved Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Italy
followedBy post-war reduction of Austrian naval presence in the Adriatic
hasMajorEvent Battle of Lissa (1866)
hasParticipant Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Italy
historicalContext struggle between Italy and Austria for control of Venetia and the Adriatic
location Adriatic Sea
mainObjective control of the Adriatic Sea
notableEngagement Battle of Lissa (1866)
opponent Austrian Navy
Regia Marina
linked to: Italian Navy
partOf Austro-Prussian War
Third Italian War of Independence
precededBy naval tensions between Austria and Sardinia-Piedmont
relatedTo Italian unification
Risorgimento
result Austrian tactical naval victory at Lissa
startTime 1866
theaterOfOperations Adriatic Sea
timePeriod 19th century
usedWarfareType ironclad naval warfare
ramming tactics

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Naval Battle of Lissa strategicTheater Adriatic theater of the Third Italian War of Independence