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 Sirte it was believed they were about to attack the U.S. fighters that were in the area. In this instance, the Flogger pilots were reportedly lost when they were fired on and successfully shot down after a series of missile launches, although they were seen to eject and parachute into the sea. Gulf of Sirte Gulf of Sirte (, "Khalij Surt"), or Gulf of Sidra (, "Khalij as-Sidra") after the port of Sidra, is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya. Historically it has been also known as the Great Sirte or Greater Syrtis