Battle of Kerch Strait (1790)

Battle of (the) Kerch Strait
Part of Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792

Battle of Kerch Strait
By Afanasy de Paldo [ru]
Date19 July 1790
Location
Kerch Strait, Crimea
Result Russian victory[1][2][3]
Belligerents
 Russian Empire Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Counter Admiral Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov Kapudan-ı Derya Hussein Pasha
Strength
10 ships of the line, 6 frigates, 1 bomb ship, 1 schooner, 2 fireships, 15 privateers, 836 guns[3][4] 10 ships of the line, 8 frigates, 36 auxiliary vessels, 1,100 guns[3][4]
Casualties and losses
29 killed, 68 wounded[4] 1 rowing vessel; heavy personnel losses (unknown exactly)[3][4]
Schematic map to the article "Kerch–Yenikale Canal". Sytin Military Encyclopedia (St. Petersburg, 1911–1915)

The naval Battle of (the) Kerch Strait (also known as Battle of Yenikale, by the old Turkish name of the strait near Kerch) took place on 19 July 1790 near Kerch, Crimea, was a victory for Imperial Russia over the Ottoman Empire during the Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792.

  1. ^ Nafziger G. F. Historical Dictionary of the Napoleonic Era. Scarecrow Press. 2001. P. 283
  2. ^ Grant R. G. Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval Warfare. Penguin. 2011. P. 208
  3. ^ a b c d Warfare on the Mediterranean in the Age of Sail: A History, 1571-1866. McFarland. 2014. P. 147
  4. ^ a b c d Военное издательство министерства вооруженных сил союза ССР (Military publishing house of the Ministry of Armed Forces of the Union of SSRs), Боевая летопись русского флота (Battle chronicle of the Russian navy), Moscow, 1948, pp. 118-120