Qualla: Battle of Preveza (1911) https://qualla.com/battle-of-preveza-1911 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/y/t/battle-of-preveza-1911-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Preveza (1911) https://qualla.com/battle-of-preveza-1911 Battle of Preveza (1911): Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-preveza-1911/ Photo credit Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK, CC BY 2.0. Italy declared war on the Ottoman Empire at 15:00 on 29 September 1911. Within an hour, five destroyers were already moving at speed up the Albanian coast. The engagement that followed off Preveza was over in minutes, but the diplomatic fallout ran for years — and one minor incident during the operation made it onto Italy's list of reasons for declaring war on Austria-Hungary in 1915. Small battles in obscure waters have long memories.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/y/t/battle-of-preveza-1911-wp/sqyt-battle-of-preveza-1911-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Preveza (1911): The War Before the War https://qualla.com/battle-of-preveza-1911/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. The Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 is often treated as a curtain-raiser for the Balkan Wars and World War I — a conflict in which Italy seized Ottoman Tripolitania (modern Libya) while the great powers of Europe watched anxiously and calculated what it meant for the balance of po...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/y/t/battle-of-preveza-1911-wp/sqyt-battle-of-preveza-1911-the-war-before-the-war.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Preveza (1911): The Chase off Nicopolis https://qualla.com/battle-of-preveza-1911/ Photo credit Flickr user [2] (Γιάννης Χουβαρδάς). Uploaded from wikimedia user Thiodor2012., CC BY-SA 2.0. Commander Guido Biscaretti di Ruffia led five Italian destroyers north up the coast. About an hour after the declaration of war, they spotted Tokad and Antalya steaming northwest between Preveza and Corfu, apparently unaware that hostilities had begun. The Italians opened fire. H...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/y/t/battle-of-preveza-1911-wp/sqyt-battle-of-preveza-1911-the-chase-off-nicopolis.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Preveza (1911): Gomenitza: The Second Day https://qualla.com/battle-of-preveza-1911/ Photo credit J. Chardon, CC BY 4.0. Unwilling to attempt a forced entry into the defended harbor at Preveza, the Italian destroyers turned north the following morning to Gomenitza, where two more Ottoman torpedo boats — Alpagot and Hamidiye — lay at anchor, along with the armed yacht Trablus, which was undergoing b...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/y/t/battle-of-preveza-1911-wp/sqyt-battle-of-preveza-1911-gomenitza-the-second-day.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Preveza (1911): The Austro-Hungarian Factor https://qualla.com/battle-of-preveza-1911/ Photo credit J. Chardon, CC BY 4.0. The Italian actions set off a diplomatic crisis that dwarfed the military engagement. Austro-Hungarian foreign minister Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal summoned the Italian ambassador to object, characterizing the raids as a "flagrant breach" of Italian promises to keep the war confine...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/y/t/battle-of-preveza-1911-wp/sqyt-battle-of-preveza-1911-the-austro-hungarian-factor.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Preveza (1911): The Ships Afterward https://qualla.com/battle-of-preveza-1911/ Photo credit unknown photographer of Preveza, Public domain. The three vessels that started everything had different ends. Tokad, beached near Nicopolis, was salvaged by the Greek Navy after the First Balkan War brought Preveza under Greek control in 1912. Repaired and recommissioned, she served as Totoi. Antalya, which had made it to harb...

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