Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios

Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios
	Part of the Greek War of Independence
	; The burning of the Turkish flagship by Kanaris. Painting by Nikiforos Lytras, c. 1873
Date	18 June 1822
Location	Chios, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire38°22′39″N 26°03′54″E / 38.37750°N 26.06500°E
Belligerents
First Hellenic Republic	Ottoman Empire Egypt Eyalet;
Commanders and leaders
Konstantinos Kanaris; Andreas Pipinos	Nasuhzade Ali Pasha †
Strength
43 sailors; 2 fire ships	c. 2,000; 1 flagship; 1 two-decker
Casualties and losses
Unknown	c. 2,000 dead; Destruction of the flagship Mansur al-liwa

The burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios took place on the night of 18 June 1822. The event, occurring during the Greek War of Independence, was a reprisal for the Chios massacre which occurred two months earlier. Two thousand Ottoman sailors were killed, as was Nasuhzade Ali Pasha, the Kapudan Pasha of the Ottoman Navy.