Captain of the Gulf 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 post of Captain were permanent. Every winter, the standing committees of the Great Council of Venice established the annual orders for the so-called "guard fleet", or "fleet of the Gulf". The Great Council then voted on the proposals, the size of the fleet, and the
Gulf of Saros legendary Troy. The bay served for a long time as a place for NATO's amphibious exercises. In the fall of 1992, the Turkish destroyer "Muavenet" was hit by two Sea Sparrow missiles fired by the U.S. aircraft carrier "USS Saratoga" during the NATO exercise "Display Determination" held in the bay. The incident cost the lives of several Turkish officers, while many others aboard were injured seriously. Gulf of Saros Saros Bay or Gulf of Saros () is an inlet of the northern Aegean Sea located north of the Gallipoli Peninsula in northwestern Turkey. The Archipelago of Saros is in the