Lupa (ship)

The Lupa was an Ottoman galley ship, the flagship of Mustapha Basha, Commander of the Turkish Galleys of Rhodes.[1] It is notable for being the site of a slave revolt by its galley slaves in 1748.[2]

Slave uprising

Hungarian, Georgian and Maltese slaves on board the ship Lupa revolted and sailed the ship to Malta.

See also

References
  1. Cassar, Paul (1965). Medical History of Malta. London: Wellcome Historical Medical Library. p. 119. OCLC 1024674452.
  2. Castillo, Dennis Angelo (2006). The Maltese Cross: A Strategic History of Malta. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 90–91. ISBN 9780313323294.


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