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Malta
was ruled by the
Order of Saint John
as a vassal state of the
Kingdom of Sicily
from 1530 to 1798. The islands of
Malta
and
Gozo
, as well as the city of
Tripoli
in modern
Libya
, were granted to the order by
Spanish Emperor Charles V
in 1530, following the
loss
of
Rhodes
. The
Ottoman Empire
managed to
capture
Tripoli from the Order in 1551, but
an attempt to take Malta
in 1565 failed.
The
Maltese navy
was small but competent and was constantly involved in naval warfare since its inception. Their greatest achievement came during the
Great Siege of Malta
of 1565. Their independence (and fleet) lasted until 12 June 1798, when
Napoleon Bonaparte
, during his campaign
against the
Ottoman Empire
, captured Malta with little bloodshed, along with the entire remaining Maltese navy. All remaining Maltese ships were added to the
French Navy
. Some of these ships were later captured by the
Royal Navy
when they
recaptured Malta
in 1800, bringing an end to the history of the Maltese navy.
Ship list
[
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]
Ship name
|
Year constructed
|
Year of decommissioning
|
Santa Anna
|
1522
|
Decommissioned in 1540
|
Beneghem
|
Some time before 1654
|
Some time after 1700
|
San Giovanni
|
1703
|
Some time after 1703
|
San Giacomo
|
1703
|
Some time after 1703
|
Santa Croce
|
Some time before 1706
|
Some time after 1706
|
Half Moon
|
Some time before 1713
|
Some time after 1713
|
San Giovanni
|
1718
|
Broken up in 1753
|
San Giorgio
|
1719
|
Some time after 1719
|
San Vicenzo
|
1720
|
Some time after 1720
|
San Antonio di Padova
|
1727
|
Broken up in 1765
|
San Vicenzo
|
1755
|
Some time after 1720
|
San Giovanni
|
1720
|
Broken up in 1765
|
San Salvatore
|
Some time before 1760
|
Some time after 1762
|
San Zaccaria
|
1765
|
Broken up in 1803
|
San Giovanni
|
1768
|
Some time after 1784
|
San Giocomo
|
1769
|
Some time after 1784
|
San Giovanni
|
1796
|
Wrecked, 1803
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|
Citations
[
edit
]
- ^
Winfield & Roberts, p. 82
Bibliography
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edit
]
- Winfield, Rif & Roberts, Stephen S. (2015)
French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.
Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-84832-204-2