Battle

Action off Măcin

25 May 1877 – 26 May 1877 · 45.25° N, 28.12° E

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When
25 May 1877 – 26 May 1877
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
45.25° N, 28.12° E
Description
1877 naval battle
Naval
yes

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Action off Măcin

1877 naval battle

The action off Măcin was a naval engagement between a torpedo boat of the Romanian Navy with a mixed Romanian-Russian crew, together with another 3 Russian torpedo boats, and a monitor of the Ottoman Navy which took place during the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War. It was the first time in history that a torpedo craft sank its target without being sunk itself.

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