Battle of Chios (1770)

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The Battle of Chios (1770) was a major naval engagement of the Russo-Turkish War in which the Russian fleet decisively defeated the Ottoman navy near the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
naval battle
associatedWith Chios NERFINISHED
belligerent Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
chronology took place during the 1768–1774 Russo-Turkish War
combatant1 Russian fleet
combatant2 Ottoman fleet NERFINISHED
conflict Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) NERFINISHED
conflictType Russo-Ottoman naval engagement
countryInvolved Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
Russian Empire NERFINISHED
date 1770
era 18th century
followedBy Battle of Chesma NERFINISHED
location Aegean Sea NERFINISHED
near Chios
off the island of Chios
opponent Imperial Russian Navy NERFINISHED
Ottoman Navy NERFINISHED
outcome decisive Russian naval victory
partOf First Archipelago Expedition NERFINISHED
Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) NERFINISHED
precededBy Russian naval operations in the Aegean Sea
region eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED
result Russian victory
significance contributed to Russian naval dominance in the eastern Mediterranean during the war
weakened the Ottoman fleet in the Aegean
theatre Aegean Sea NERFINISHED

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Chesme Column honours Battle of Chios (1770)
Çeşme hasHistoricalEvent Battle of Chios (1770)
this entity surface form: Battle of Çeşme (1770) nearby