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“The massacre at Sinope.(1) The Sultan has decreed that a monument shall be erected to the memory of the brave Officers of the Ottoman Navy, who had blown up their ships at the Battle of Sinope, to save the honour of the Turkish flag. The seven Turkish frigates had 344 guns and 3,480 men ; the three sloops, 70 guns and 734 men; the two steamers, 20 guns and 450 men. Three frigates were blown up; three frigates, two sloops, and one steamer, were destroyed by the enemy's fire; one frigate was cast ashore. Four Captains of frigates were killed; the Commodore, Osman Pasha, the Captains of one frigate and one sloop, were taken prisoners; and the Captains of two frigates and one steamer are missing. Almost all of the 118 men brought back by the Retribution had lost either their legs or their arms. Full justice is done to the daring courage of the Turks. Hussien Bey went on board three different ships, whose decks he did not quit until forced to do so by the flames. Hassan Bey, who commanded the Egyptian frigate, after sending all the crew on shore, excepting 40 men, who would not leave him, blew her up. Osman Pasha alone struck his flag. The greatest activity prevails in the dockyard or arsenal of Constantinople, where 4,000 workmen are employed.”
Note
1. “The sea battle at Sinope in November 1853 between the Turkish or Ottoman and Russian navies as described in the Dutch local newspaper Dordrechtse Courant”.
Source
Colburn’s The United service magazine and naval and military Journal, 1854, part 1, February, p. 286.
“The massacre at Sinope.(1) The Sultan has decreed that a monument shall be erected to the memory of the brave Officers of the Ottoman Navy, who had blown up their ships at the Battle of Sinope, to save the honour of the Turkish flag. The seven Turkish frigates had 344 guns and 3,480 men ; the three sloops, 70 guns and 734 men; the two steamers, 20 guns and 450 men. Three frigates were blown up; three frigates, two sloops, and one steamer, were destroyed by the enemy's fire; one frigate was cast ashore. Four Captains of frigates were killed; the Commodore, Osman Pasha, the Captains of one frigate and one sloop, were taken prisoners; and the Captains of two frigates and one steamer are missing. Almost all of the 118 men brought back by the Retribution had lost either their legs or their arms. Full justice is done to the daring courage of the Turks. Hussien Bey went on board three different ships, whose decks he did not quit until forced to do so by the flames. Hassan Bey, who commanded the Egyptian frigate, after sending all the crew on shore, excepting 40 men, who would not leave him, blew her up. Osman Pasha alone struck his flag. The greatest activity prevails in the dockyard or arsenal of Constantinople, where 4,000 workmen are employed.”
Note
1. “The sea battle at Sinope in November 1853 between the Turkish or Ottoman and Russian navies as described in the Dutch local newspaper Dordrechtse Courant”.
Source
Colburn’s The United service magazine and naval and military Journal, 1854, part 1, February, p. 286.
