Capítulo 442: First battle of the San Marco Class Battleships Part : 1

13th March 1657

A small island on the southern coast of Albania

Hidden behind the small island were three battleships from the Ottoman Empire, waiting silently to launch an ambush.

A few weeks prior, the Ottomans had received confidential information from a spy about the Venetians purchasing a large number of battleships from the Indian subcontinent, but the later intelligence sent by the spy seemed a little ridiculous. After all, how could the Venetians buy more than 20 ships from a subcontinent that didn't even have a proper navy a few years ago?