The Arrows of Lepanto

The Age of Sail · 7 October 1571

The Arrows of Lepanto

The last great battle of oared galleys, fought at close enough range to smell

On the morning of 7 October 1571 two fleets rowed toward each other in the Gulf of Patras, off the town the Italians called Lepanto, and neither could run.

The full story hangs in the app's archive.