Empress Maria
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:58 pm
EMPRESS MARIA. 1st Rate. 84 guns. She was Flagship at the battle of Sinope, precursor to the Crimean War. The Russian Fleet under Admiral Pavel Naknimov was in command and destroyed the Turkish Fleet using the new hollow spherical shell- Russia 1987, 30k. SG5828 (LB17/182. J. Duhaut)