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Naval actions at the Siege of Ochakov (1788)

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arrived with 12 more vessels, but Nassau-Siegen and Jones had advanced the offshore ends to bring their whole forces into action and at 10.30 the Turks withdrew with the loss of 2 or 3 vessels burnt and blown up. At about 11 a.m. firing stopped and by 12 p.m. the Russian flotilla had rejoined the sailing ships.
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was sunk by Turkish bombs. However, the Turkish battleship was burnt, this fate also falling to her flagship later. At 9.30 p.m., the Turks withdrew under the Ochakov guns; el Ghazi decided to withdraw his sailing ships completely, but the new battery at Kinburn forced him so far to the north that 9
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On 27 June at 12 p.m., the Turkish fleet steered for the left (windward) end of the Russian line but at 2 p.m. their flagship ran aground and the other ships anchored in disarray. Adverse winds prevented the Russians from attacking until about 2 a.m. on 28 June when it shifted to the NNE, but the
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After a minor action on 17 June, on 18 June at about 7.30 am 5 Turkish galleys and 36 small craft attacked the inshore end of the Russian line, which was perpendicular to the coast. At first the Russians had only 6 galleys, 4 barges and 4 double-sloops to oppose them. At about 10 a.m. el Ghazi
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Turkish ship had been refloated and the Turks tried to form a line. At about 4 a.m. all the Russians advanced and at 5.15 a.m. they were in action. The Turkish second flagship ran aground and Nassau-Siegen sent in the left wing of his flotilla to attack her. This left his right wing weak, and
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The Turks had lost 2 battleships and 885 captured on 28 June, and perhaps 8 battleships, 2 frigates, 2 xebecs, 1 bomb, 1 galley and 1 transport and 788 captured on 29 June. Russian casualties were 18 killed and 67 wounded in the flotilla, and probably slight losses in the sailing ships.
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On 9 July also the Russian army began to assault Ochakov and the Russian flotilla attacked the Turkish vessels there. Forces involved in this were as follows: Russian: 7 galleys, 7 double-sloops, 7
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At 3.15 a.m. firing started. The 2 Turkish gunboats and 1 galley were captured by the Russians and the rest were burnt. Firing ceased at 9.30. Russian casualties were 24 killed and 80 wounded.
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of his ships ran aground, and the next morning the Russian flotilla surrounded these and several small craft and destroyed them all except for one 54-gun battleship, which they refloated.
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attempted to leave port but was forced back almost immediately by adverse conditions. If it had sailed, it might have met the Turkish fleet earlier than it did.
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Meanwhile, on 31 May the Turkish fleet had arrived. The Russian flotilla waited too long before retreating, and one of its vessels, the double-
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about the building of a new battery at Kinburn (on the south coast, facing Ochakov) before returning on 6 June.
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as Russian and Turkish ships and boats supported their land armies in the struggle for control of
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This was a series of mainly small-ship actions which occurred along the coast of what is now
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On 21 April, Nassau-Siegen reached Cherson with his flotilla and on 24 April moved into the
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On 19 March 1788, the Russian sailing fleet moved from its position near
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The naval battle of Ochakov on 28–29 June 1788 by Antonín Karel Balzer
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Naval actions at the siege of Ochakov (1788)
Siege of Ochakov (1788)
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Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791)
1st Anapa
Kinburn
Šturlić
Dubica
Šabac
Ochakov (land)
Ochakov (sea)
Chocim
Koča's rebellion
Fidonisi
Orșova
2nd Anapa
Veterani Cave
Mehadia
Karánsebes
Souli
Focșani
Belgrade
Rymnik
3rd Anapa
Andros
Giurgiu
Cetingrad

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