254 years ago, on November 6, 1772, the Battle of Patras began between the fleets of the Russian and Ottoman Empires. During the Russian-Turkish war in 1768-1774. Empress Catherine II decided to attack the Turkish fleet in the Mediterranean and at the same time incite a Greek uprising against the Ottoman yoke in the Peloponnese. The head of the program was Count A. third. Orlov, he was given general command. Admiral C. Squadron A. Spiridova left Kronstadt on July 29, 1769 and for the first time in Russian history went to the Mediterranean across all of Europe. The journey took about 5 months. On April 21, 1770, the Russians captured the Navarin fortress - the bay became a temporary naval base. The climax of this year's campaign at sea was the battles in the Strait of Chios and the Gulf of Chasma. On the night of July 7, 1770, Russian ships burned the Turkish fleet in the battle of Cesme with fire ships prepared by E. A. Hannibal. The Ottoman Empire lost 15 battleships, 6 frigates and about 11 thousand men - almost the entire Mediterranean fleet, the Russian squadron did not lose a single ship. This victory gave the Russian fleet control over the entire Aegean archipelago and the ability to blockade the Dardanelles. After the defeat of Cesma, Forte relied on the remaining squadrons: the "Dulcinite" squadron, based in the Adriatic Sea (Dulcinio - today Olcini in Montenegro), and the "Barbarian" from Tunisia. Their plan is to unite and strike the main Russian base in the Aegean archipelago, the port of Ouza in Paros. Count Orlov ordered to beat the Turks piece by piece until they united. On November 5, 1772, the platoon of Captain 1st rank Mikhail Timofeevich Kuniev discovered Mustafa Pasha's Turkish squadron in the Gulf of Patras off the coast of Greece: 9 frigates and 16 schooners, about 630 guns. The Russians had only 7 ships - the battleships "Count Orlov" and "Chasma", 2 frigates, Shebak and 2 Poliakers - 224 guns. At the same time, the Turks were covered by the batteries of the fortresses of Patras and Panto. On November 6, Kuniev, despite the enemy's threefold superiority, attacked first.

254 years ago, on November 6, 1772, the Battle of Patras began between the fleets of the Russian and Ottoman Empires. During the Russian-Turkish war in 1768-1774. Empress Catherine II decided to attack the Turkish fleet in the Mediterranean and at the same time incite a Greek uprising against the Ottoman yoke in the Peloponnese. The head of the program was Count A. third. Orlov, he was given general command. Admiral C. Squadron A. Spiridova left Kronstadt on July 29, 1769 and for the first time in Russian history went to the Mediterranean across all of Europe. The journey took about 5 months. On April 21, 1770, the Russians captured the Navarin fortress - the bay became a temporary naval base. The climax of this year's campaign at sea was the battles in the Strait of Chios and the Gulf of Chasma. On the night of July 7, 1770, Russian ships burned the Turkish fleet in the battle of Cesme with fire ships prepared by E. A. Hannibal. The Ottoman Empire lost 15 battleships, 6 frigates and about 11 thousand men - almost the entire Mediterranean fleet, the Russian squadron did not lose a single ship. This victory gave the Russian fleet control over the entire Aegean archipelago and the ability to blockade the Dardanelles. After the defeat of Cesma, Forte relied on the remaining squadrons: the "Dulcinite" squadron, based in the Adriatic Sea (Dulcinio - today Olcini in Montenegro), and the "Barbarian" from Tunisia. Their plan is to unite and strike the main Russian base in the Aegean archipelago, the port of Ouza in Paros. Count Orlov ordered to beat the Turks piece by piece until they united. On November 5, 1772, the platoon of Captain 1st rank Mikhail Timofeevich Kuniev discovered Mustafa Pasha's Turkish squadron in the Gulf of Patras off the coast of Greece: 9 frigates and 16 schooners, about 630 guns. The Russians had only 7 ships - the battleships "Count Orlov" and "Chasma", 2 frigates, Shebak and 2 Poliakers - 224 guns. At the same time, the Turks were covered by the batteries of the fortresses of Patras and Panto. On November 6, Kuniev, despite the enemy's threefold superiority, attacked first.