Some Russian ships had been chasing the rest of the Ottoman fleet but they were losing ground and at about 4:30 p.m. Ushakov recalled them. Russian privateers later brought in 3 small craft. Russian casualties were 25 killed and 25 wounded, and 733 Ottomans were captured. Several ships had minor damage in their masts and rigging. Russian victory in the Battle of Tendra allowed them to control the Black Sea.
1790? That’s impossible. The Russians didn’t have a base in sevastopol crimea up until 2014. Everyone knows that.
The tsarist navy enjoyed an impressive string of victories against the Turks.
If you can find it, I recommend R.C. Anderson’s “Naval Wars in the Levant,” published back in the 1950s, I believe.
I expect that any interested FReeper will need to go to interlibrary loan to get a copy sent from a university collection.
Anderson’s book is rather dry but it has tons of obscure information, including orders of battle listing individual ships.
Of course, there’s always the Wikipedia for quick reference, but I never take the Wikipedia as the last word on anything.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting. History/education BUMP!
I think what makes lake battles or black sea battles so unique is that what is there, is there. You won’t so much be surprised by a fleet of Jap battleships speeding through the San Bernardino Straits or the other unexpected arrival of spooky things. Everyone has eyes at the restricted entrances to those places.
I assume by “battleships” they mean ships of the line?
“Only 101 men were saved out of 800 on board.”
As the Germans were evacuating the Baltic states and East Prussia towards end of WWII, they lost over 9,000 people - mainly civilians (rescuing less than 1,000) when Soviets torpedoed one ship (Wilhelm Gustloff). They lost thousands on other ships sunk in the same period, but this one to this day is probably the worst naval disaster in history.