List of Naval Battles - Greek War of Independence

Greek War of Independence

  • 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakynthos
    • June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
    • August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
    • October 1 - Skirmish
  • 1822 March 4
    • May 31
    • June 18–19 - Greek fireships under Constantine Kanaris blow up the flagship of Ottoman admiral Kara Ali Pasha
  • 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
    • October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
  • 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Tunisians
    • September 1 - First Budrum - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians
    • September 9 - Second Budrum
    • September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
    • September 29
    • November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
  • 1825 April 29
    • May 26
    • June 1 - Greeks defeat Turks between Euboea and Andros
    • June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeat Turks and Egyptians near Suda Bay
    • June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians south of Cerigo
    • August 3 - Greeks defeat Turks near Missolonghi
    • November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
    • November 25, 26, 29, 30 and December 6 and 7 - Greeks vs Turks (and allies?) near Missolonghi
  • 1826 January 22 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks
    • April 15
    • July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
    • September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
    • October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
  • 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
    • October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, de Rigny, and Geiden, destroy Turkish/Egyptian/Tunisian fleet of Tahir Pasha off south-west Greece
  • 1828 January 31 - British and French defeat Greek pirates at Grambusa
    • June 9 (May 26 OS) - Russians defeat Turks near Braila (Russo-Turkish War)

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