Battle of Kinburn (1855)
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| Part of the Crimean War | |||||||
 The French ironclad floating battery Lave, which destroyed Russian land batteries at the Battle of Kinburn. | |||||||
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 French Empire United Kingdom |
 Russian Empire | ||||||
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François Achille Bazaine Houston Stewart |
Maxim Kokhanovitch | ||||||
The Battle of Kinburn (or Kil-Bouroun) was a naval engagement during the final stage of the Crimean War. It took place on the tip of the Kinburn Peninsula (on the south shore of the Dnieper River estuary in today's Ukraine) on 17 October 1855. During the battle, a combined French Navy and British Royal Navy force engaged Russian forts on shore.
The battle, although insignificant to the outcome of the war altogether, is notable as an early success of ironclad warships. Although frequently hit, the French ships destroyed the Russian forts within four hours, suffering minimal casualties in the process. This battle, as well as the Battle of Sinop, convinced contemporary navies to abandon wooden warships and focus on armor plating.
Gallery
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Russian prisoner at Kinburn in 1855
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Mound of ice at Kinburn after the thaw
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Bombardment of Kinburn
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Map of the battle
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battle of Kinburn (1855). |
- "Armour Plates" 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Coordinates: 46°36′08″N 31°29′52″E / 46.6023°N 31.4978°E