Osman Pasha (naval officer)
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Patrona Osman Pasha was an Ottoman naval officer who led Ottoman forces in the Battle of Sinop and became a prisoner of war until being released in 1855.
Osman Pasha as POW (with wounded foot) in Russian captivity in Sevastopol (1854)
Ottoman ship of line (in the background) during the Bombardment of Acre (1840)
Pavel Nakhimov
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Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov was a Russian admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy known for his victory in the Battle of Sinop and his leadership in the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.
Osman Pasha (naval officer)
…to bring troops and material to Batumi. Because of stormy weather he decided to stop and wait in Sinope, where he was attacked by Russian Admiral Pavel Nakhimov on November 30 of 1853. Osman's flotilla was destroyed, he himself was wounded in the foot and taken prisoner. He was released in 1855, and although…
Pavel Nakhimov
Nakhimov on a 1952 Soviet stamp
Memorial of where Nakhimov got his lethal wound
Painting of Pavel Nakhimov, by Georg Wilhelm Timm