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474:, had warned the Emperor that the Nicaeans would lose in any naval combat with the Latins due to their inexperience, only to be dismissed and replaced by Iophre (Geoffrey) the Armenian, an otherwise unknown personage whom Akropolites describes as "rather hesitant in matters of war". After the defeat vindicated him, Kontophre was reinstated as commander of the fleet. 442:, the Nicaean fleet had 30 galleys and the Venetian fleet 13. However, the Nicaeans lost 13 of their own vessels, which were captured by the Venetians, so that "each one of the enemy ships gained one trireme as spoil, with its men and weapons". The contemporary Venetian chronicler 446:, on the other hand, claims that the Nicaean fleet numbered no fewer than 160 ships, "including galleys and other large and small vessels, all of which were well equipped", while the Venetian fleet numbered only ten galleys. Under the command of 454:, the Venetian fleet defeated the Nicaean fleet under Iophre the Armenian in the battle, taking ten Nicaean galleys captive. The date of the battle is fixed at May–June 1241 through the testimony of 627:
Jacoby, David (2006). "The Venetian Government and Administration in Latin Constantinople, 1204–1261: A State within a State". In Gherardo Ortalli; Giorgio Ravegnani; Peter Schreiner (eds.).
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of Emperor John III attribute this defeat to the inexperience of the crews, claiming that for many of them this was their first sea voyage. According to Akropolites, the fleet commander,
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Index

Nicaean-Latin Wars
Sea of Marmara
Constantinople
41°00′50″N 28°57′20″E / 41.01389°N 28.95556°E / 41.01389; 28.95556
Empire of Nicaea
Republic of Venice
Giovanni Michiel
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Frankokratia
Fourth Crusade
Constantinople (1203)
Constantinople (1204)
Michael I Komnenos Doukas
Theodore Komnenos Doukas
Nicaean–Latin wars
Adramyttion
Rhyndacus
Poimanenon
Constantinople (1235)
Constantinople (1241)
Pelagonia
Constantinople & Galata (1260)
Constantinople (1261)
Grove of Kountouras
Prinitza
Makryplagi
Saint George
Gardiki

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