Action of 10 July 1651

Mocenigo offered battle but the Ottoman fleet retired north, towing some of their sailing ships, toward the channel between Naxos and Paros.

[5] On 10 July, two galleasses, under the brothers Tommaso and Lazzaro Mocenigo, broke formation from the Venetian left and attacked some Ottoman galleys which were still watering at Paros.

[3][5] Francesco Morosini arrived with the rest of the left wing, and later the Venetian right and center joined and broke the Ottoman formation, which had been disrupted by the Kapudan Pasha's attack on the Mocenigo brothers.

These fled north or east of Naxos, but they were overtaken by the Venetian galleys and galleasses, which could rely on their rows to move; the Ottoman ships were captured, forced to beach, or burnt.

[5] Reinforced with four Papal and four Hospitaller galleys, Mocenigo returned to the waters around Santorini in mid-August, hoping to intercept any Ottoman attempt to reach Chania.