Russo-Turkish War
1877–1878
The Ottoman navy had powerful ironclads; Russia's Black Sea fleet, still recovering from the Crimean War, had almost none. Russia answered with small torpedo craft. Spar-torpedo launches sank an Ottoman monitor on the Danube, and at Batum Stepan Makarov's boats made the first sinking of a ship by self-propelled torpedo.
How the fleets moved
Click a route to see which ships made it, or a battle for its summary. Routes are approximate.
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Russian movement
Battle (size: ships engaged)
Routes are approximate.
Battles
In date order.
Fleets
Each navy's ships in the war, from its biggest down.