Battle of Chesma

Name: Battle of Chesma
Start: 1770
Location: Çeşme Bay, Aegean Sea

1770 · Çeşme Bay, Aegean Sea · Middle East · War

A Russian squadron burns the Ottoman fleet off Anatolia

During the Russo-Turkish War, squadrons under Alexei Orlov and Grigory Spiridov sailed from the Baltic to the Aegean and on the night of 7 July 1770 used fireships to burn the Ottoman fleet trapped in Çeşme Bay. It was the Russian navy's first show of strength in the Mediterranean.

State: Ottoman Empire

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