What the records say
- When
- 9 Nov 1772
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.26° N, 21.61° E
- Description
- 1772 naval battle of the Russo-Turkish War
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Patras (1772)
1772 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
This battle took place on 6, 7, and 8 November 1772, during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) in the Gulf of Patras, Greece, when a Russian fleet under Mikhail Konyaev defeated an Ottoman force of frigates and xebecs, destroying all 9 frigates and 10 out of 16 xebecs while losing no ships.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire navale russe sur l'empire ottoman à Patras”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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