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Monday, 16 September 2019

Russian squadron steaming towards Gulf of Dagoe without seeing Allied fleet according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsche courant dated 20 November 1854

An item dated Hamburg, Germany 18th reported that a Russian force consisting of 14 steamships left Sveaborg steaming towards Dagoe at the entrance of the Gulf [Finland] without meeting the Allied fleet.(1)

Note
1. At that moment was the Crimean war (4 October 1853-12 February 1856) going on with France, England, Ottoman Empire were united against the Russian empire.