1499 In January 1499, Kemal Reis set sail from
Constantinople with a force of 10
galleys and 4 other types of ships, and in July 1499 met with the huge Ottoman fleet and took over its command in order to wage a large-scale war against the
Republic of Venice. The Ottoman fleet consisted of 67 galleys, 20
galliots, and about 200 smaller vessels. In August, Kemal Reis defeated the
Venetian navy under the command of
Antonio Grimani at the
Battle of Zonchio (also known as the Battle of Sapienza or the First Battle of Lepanto). It was the first naval battle in history with cannons used on ships, and took place on four separate days: 12, 20, 22 and 25 August. After reaching the
Ionian Sea with the large Ottoman fleet, Kemal Reis encountered the Venetian fleet of 47 galleys, 17 galliots, and about 100 smaller vessels under the command of
Antonio Grimani near
Cape Zonchio and won an important victory. During the battle, Kemal Reis sank the galley of Andrea Loredan, a member of the influential
Loredan family of Venice. Antonio Grimani was arrested on 29 September but was eventually released. Grimani later became the
Doge of Venice in 1521. The Ottoman Sultan
Bayezid II gifted 10 of the captured Venetian galleys to Kemal Reis, who stationed his fleet at the island of
Cefalonia between October and December. Ottoman land incursions into
Venetian Dalmatia also started in 1499, In 1501
Feriz Beg captured
Durazzo in
Venetian Albania. By the end of 1502, Venice and the Ottoman Empire agreed on an armistice. ==Aftermath==