Abdulmejid I30 November 1853
Destruction of Turkish ships provide Great Britain and France a reason for declaring war against Russia.
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Destruction of Turkish ships provide Great Britain and France a reason for declaring war against Russia.
The Sultan's armies attack the Russian army near the Danube, Nicholas responds by dispatching warships, which destroy a patrol squadron of Ottoman frigates and corvettes while they were anchored at the port of Sinope.
Attacked by Russia's Admiral Nakhimov, the Turkish flotilla is destroyed.
Commands Ottoman ships destroyed by Nakhimov at Sinope.
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