Captain of the Gulf a cook ("cuoco"), a wine steward ("canever"), and two orderlies ("fanti di pizzuol"). In addition he had at his disposal a boat ("felucca") with twelve boatsmen ("caiccheri") and a rowed frigate with a captain ("padrone"), two steersmen ("timonieri"), two artillerymen ("bombardieri") and 18 rowers ("galeotti"). Captain of the Gulf The Captain of the Gulf (; ) was a senior naval command of the Republic of Venice. The post was established around 1330, when a squadron of ships was set up to patrol the "Gulf of Venice" (the Adriatic Sea) and provide protection for commerce there. Neither the squadron nor the
Gulf of Corinth come into the Corinthian gulf occasionally. The main cities and towns that lie next to the gulf are, from the northwest clockwise, and grouped by regional unit: All tributaries are listed west to east. Gulf of Corinth The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf (, "Korinthiakόs Kόlpos", ) is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. It is bounded in the east by the Isthmus of Corinth which includes the shipping-designed Corinth Canal and in the west by the Strait of Rion which widens into the shorter Gulf of Patras (part of