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 ; Nikiforos Lytras, c. 1873
Date	18 June 1822
Location	Chios, Eyalet of the Archipelago38°22′39″N 26°03′54″E / 38.37750°N 26.06500°E
Result	Greek victory
Belligerents
First Hellenic Republic	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Konstantinos Kanaris ; Andreas Pipinos	Nasuhzade Ali Pasha †
Strength
2 fire ships	2 ships of the line
Casualties and losses
Unknown	c. 2,000 killed ; 1 ship of the line destroyed

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 done in reprisal for the Chios massacre which occurred two months earlier. Two Greek fire ships set fire to Mansur al-liwa, an 84-gun Ottoman ship of the line, which subsequently blew up. Approximately 2,000 Ottoman Navy personnel were killed, among them Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha.