The siege of Coron in 1533–1534 was a two-part attempt by the Ottoman Empire the recapture of the fortress of Koroni (Coron) in Messenia, Greece, by the Ottoman Empire, after the fortress was occupied by Emperor Charles V's army in 1532.
The first of the sieges was unsuccessful, with an imperial armada under Andrea Doria routing the Ottoman armada under Lütfi Pasha. The event highlighted the weakness of the Ottoman Navy at that time. Admiral and historian Edmond Jurien de La Gravière considered it one of the most skillful naval operations of the 16th century. After the battle, however, the imperial court saw the place too costly to defend and did not reinforce it, and during a second siege the following year, it was abandoned.
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