Battle of Sinop

When

30 Nov 1853

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

42.02° N, 35.15° E

Description

battle of the Crimean War, 1853

Naval

yes

1853 naval battle of the Crimean War

The Battle of Sinop, or the Battle of Sinope, was a naval battle that took place on 30 November 1853 between Imperial Russia and the Ottoman Empire during the opening phase of the Crimean War (1853–1856). It took place at Sinop, a sea port on the southern shore of the Black Sea. A Russian squadron attacked and decisively defeated an Ottoman squadron anchored in Sinop's harbor.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “November 30 (November 18 O.S.) – Crimean War: Battle of Sinop – The Russian fleet destroys the Turkish fleet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die russische Schwarzmeerflotte unter Vizeadmiral Pawel Stepanowitsch Nachimow vernichtet die osmanische Flotte im Hafen von Sinope (siehe Seeschlacht bei…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Sinope”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Синопское сражение — разгром турецкого флота русской эскадрой под командованием адмирала Нахимова”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “シノープの海戦”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Crimean23 Oct 1853 · Interstate war · Deaths 264,200