Battle of Chios | |||||||
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Part of the Latin campaigns against Turkish pirates | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Order of Saint John Lordship of Chios | Beylik of Aydin | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Albert of Schwarzburg Martino Zaccaria | Mehmed Beg | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
31 ships |
10 galleys 18 other ships | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 22 ships sunk or captured |
The Battle of Chios was a naval battle fought off the shore of the eastern Aegean island of Chios between a Latin Christian—mainly Hospitaller—fleet and a Turkish fleet from the Aydinid emirate. The Christian fleet was victorious, but for the Aydinids, who had been engaging in piracy since the collapse of Byzantine power, it was only a temporary setback in their rise to prominence.