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Battle of Cape Kaliakra

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Batalla de Kaliakria. FF Ushakov 1791. Vladimir Kosov 2021.
Battle of Kaliakria. F.F. Ushakov 1791. Vladimir Kosov 2021.

The Battle of Cape Kaliakra (Kaliakria, Caliacria; Russian: Калиакрийское сражение) was the last naval battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). It took place on 11 August 1791 off the coast of Cape Kaliakra, Bulgaria, in the Black Sea. Neither side lost a ship, but the Ottomans retreated to Istanbul afterwards.

The Russian fleet under Counter (Rear) AdmiralFyodor Ushakov,[1] of 15 ships of the line and two frigates (990 guns), and several small craft sailed from Sevastopol on 8 August, and at midday on 11 August encountered the Ottoman–Algerian fleet under Hussein Pasha of 18 ships of the line and 17 frigates (1,500–1,600 guns) and some smaller craft at anchor just south of Cape Kaliakra. Ushakov sailed, in three columns, from the northeast, between the Ottomans and the cape, despite the presence on the cape of several guns.

Admiral Said Ali, the commander of the Algerian ships, weighed anchor and sailed east, followed by Hussein Pasha with the 18 ships of the line. The Russians then turned around south to a parallel east-south-east course and formed up mostly into one line, with Ushakov in third position and one ship out of line on the off-battle side. Said Ali, leading the line, turned north to try to double the Russian van, but Ushakov sailed out of the line and attacked him, as the rest of the Russian fleet approached. This was at 16:45 (4:45 p.m.). Gradually the Turks turned to the south and when darkness put an end to fighting at 20:30 (8:30 p.m.) they were in full retreat to Istanbul. Russian casualties were 17 killed and 28 wounded, and the frigate Alexander Nevsky was damaged. Ottoman casualty figures are unknown, but their ships were heavily damaged aloft.[2]

Ships involved

Some of the Russian vessels involved and their crew were:

Russian Empire

Consecuencia

La batalla tuvo lugar cerca del final de la guerra ruso-turca, que concluyó con la firma del tratado de paz de Iași .

Por la victoria en el cabo Kaliakra, el almirante Ushakov fue condecorado con la Orden de San Alejandro Nevski .

Citas

  1. 1 2 3 Военное издательствочистерства вооруженных сил союза ССР (Editorial militar del Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas de la Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas), Боевая летопись русского флота (Crónica de batalla de la marina rusa), Moscú, 1948, p. 123
  2. 1 2 3 Tredrea y Sozaev (2010) , pág. 94.

Notas

  1. ↑ Se necesita la fuente.
  2. ↑ Se necesita la fuente.
  3. ↑ Se necesita la fuente.

Referencias

  • Tredrea, John; Sozaev, Eduard (2010). Buques de guerra rusos en la era de la vela 1696–1860 . Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-058-1.

Fuentes

  • Anderson, RC (1952). Guerras navales en el Levante 1559–1853 . Princeton: Princeton University Press.

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