This battle began when the Dartmouth was unwarrantedly fired upon after asking that a fireship apparently being set alit be moved away from the British fleet. Largely resulting from the rejection of the Treaty of London, it lasted only a few hours on October 20th. The British and French forces under Vice Admiral Codrington entered in two lines, while the slowly arriving Russian fleet cut off the escape routes of the numerically superior Egyptian and Turkish armada. FTP name this 1827 naval battle, which helped secure independence for Greece.
This battle began when the Dartmouth was unwarrantedly fired upon after asking that a fireship apparently being set alit be moved away from the British fleet. Largely resulting from the rejection of the Treaty of London, it lasted only a few hours on October 20th. The British and French forces under Vice Admiral Codrington entered in two lines, while the slowly arriving Russian fleet cut off the escape routes of the numerically superior Egyptian and Turkish armada. FTP name this 1827 naval battle, which helped secure independence for Greece.
This battle began when the Dartmouth was unwarrantedly fired upon after asking that a fireship apparently being set alit be moved away from the British fleet.