Back معركة شيسما Arabic Çeşmə dəniz döyüşü AZ Чешмә алышы BA Чесменска битка Bulgarian চেসমার যুদ্ধ Bengali/Bangla Batalla de Çeşme Catalan Bitva u ostrova Chios Czech Slaget ved Çeşme Danish Seeschlacht von Çeşme German Ναυμαχία του Τσεσμέ Greek
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| Battle of Chesma (Çeşme) | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 | |||||||
 The destruction of the Ottoman fleet on 7 July Jacob Philipp Hackert | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian Empire |
 Ottoman Empire | ||||||
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| Strength | |||||||
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9 ships of the line, 3 frigates, 1 bomb vessels, 4 fireships, 4 supply ships |
16 ships of the line, 6 frigates, 6 xebecs, 13 galleys, 32 small craft, 1,300 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1 ship of the line 4 fire ships 534[4]–661[5] killed 40 wounded |
16 ships of the line 6 frigates and escort vessels 13 galleys 32 smaller vessels at least 11,000 men killed[6] | ||||||
  Location of the battle site in the Aegean Sea | |||||||
The naval Battle of Cheshme[7] (also the Battle of Chesma or Chesme) took place on 5–7 July 1770 during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) near and in Çeşme (Cheshme, Chesma, or Chesme) Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. It was a part of the Orlov Revolt of 1770, a precursor to the later Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), and the first of a number of disastrous fleet battles for the Ottomans against Russia. Today it is commemorated as a Day of Military Honour in Russia.
- ^ "Граф Орлов – История.РФ" [Count Orlov]. 100.histrf.ru. Russian Military Historical Society. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ Arsenyev & Petrushevsky 1904.
- ^ Velichko et al. 1912, pp. 464–465.
- ^ "The history of Russian Navy". neva.ru. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Article: "Chesma and Patras". neva.ru. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020.
- ^ Anderson, R. C. (2006). Naval wars in the Levant, 1559–1853. Martino. pp. 288–291. ISBN 978-1-57898-538-8.
- ^ Dowling, T. C. Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond. ABC-CLIO. 2014. p. 193 ISBN 978-1-59884-947-9
- ^ "Battle of Çeşme | Turkish history | Britannica". britannica.com. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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