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 ⓘ
belligerent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
chronology took place during the 1768–1774 Russo-Turkish War ⓘ
combatant1 Russian fleet ⓘ
combatant2 Ottoman fleet ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman navy
conflict Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) ⓘ
conflictType Russo-Ottoman naval engagement ⓘ
countryInvolved Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
date 1770 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Chesma ⓘ
location Aegean Sea ⓘ
near Chios ⓘ
off the island of Chios ⓘ
opponent Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
Ottoman Navy ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman navy
outcome decisive Russian naval victory ⓘ
partOf First Archipelago Expedition ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) ⓘ
precededBy Russian naval operations in the Aegean Sea ⓘ
region eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Chesme Column → honours → Battle of Chios (1770) ⓘ
Çeşme → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Çeşme (1770) nearby ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Chios (1770)
Battle of Chesma → precededBy → Battle of Chios (1770) ⓘ