From 1461 to 1462 , Skanderbeg campaigned Military_operation in Italy to protect Defending his ally , Ferdinand I , from being overrun by the Angevin dynasty which claimed Statement the Kingdom of Naples .

The naval Battle Hostile_encounter of the Counts took place Process_start on 23 June 1287 at Naples , Italy , when an Aragonese-Sicilian galley fleet commanded Control by Roger of Lauria defeated Hostile_encounter a large combined Cause_to_amalgamate Angevin ( Apulian and Principatan ) galley fleet commanded Control respectively by Reynald III Quarrel of Avella and Narjot de Toucy .

Lauria had taken Action his fleet to Augusta , eastern Sicily , after a report Reporting of an Angevin galley fleet landing Motion invasion troops there .

However , the invasion was a decoy and the Angevin galleys had sailed Motion around the south of Sicily and linked Connect up with their allies , forming Coming_to_be a fleet about twice the size of Lauria 's .

The Angevin fleet came out arranged Arranging in five squadrons , each commanded Control by a count ( hence the name of the battle Hostile_encounter ) .

This made 63 galleys , and there may have been a small reserve since about 70 of the about 84 Angevin galleys are said Communication to have come Motion out to fight Hostile_encounter .

Two tarides carried Carry_goods the Papal and Angevin banners .

He followed Action his usual tactic and retreated Escaping until the Angevin galleys had become Becoming disorganized , weathered Confronting_problem their initial attack Attack , then counter attacked Attack from the sides , damaging Damaging the Angevin galleys oars .

He followed Action his usual tactic and retreated Escaping until the Angevin galleys had become Becoming disorganized , weathered Confronting_problem their initial attack Attack , then counter attacked Attack from the sides , damaging Damaging the Angevin galleys oars .

In a battle Hostile_encounter lasting much of the day , Henry di Mari again fled Escaping , leaving Causation about 40 Angevin galleys to be captured Conquering , along with 5,000 prisoners , including many counts and barons .

Stephen died Death the next year and Henry ascended Change_of_leadership the throne as Henry II , the first Angevin king of England , beginning Process_start a long period of reconstruction .