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Siege of Petropavlovsk
Part of the Crimean War

Cannons which were used to defend Petropavlovsk in 1854
Date30 Aug. 1854 – 5 Sep. 1854 (NS)
18–24 Aug. 1854 (OS)
Location
Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Siege of Petropavlovsk British Empire
Siege of Petropavlovsk France
Siege of Petropavlovsk Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
France Febvrier Despointes
United Kingdom David Price 
United Kingdom Frederick Nicolson
Russia Vasily Zavoyko
Russia Yevfimy Putyatin
Strength
6 warships[1]
  •  • 2,600 men[a]
  •  • 218 cannons
920–1,013 men[1][2]
(excluding officers[2])
40 shore cannons[1]
1 frigate Aurora
  •  • 22 guns
1 transport Dwina
  •  • 5 guns [3]
Casualties and losses
United Kingdom:
  •  • 26 killed and missing;
  •  • 79 wounded.
France:
  •  • 26 killed and missing;
  •  • 78 wounded.
Total (official allied estimates):
  •  • 209 casualties.[3][4]

2nd Rus. estimate
United KingdomFrance :
  •  • up to 400 killed and wounded.[1][3]

Enemy trophies:
  •  • 1 British standard;
  •  • 7 officers' sabers;
  •  • 56 rifles.[3]
37 killed
78 wounded
(115 total)
2 ships:
  •  • 1 cargo ship Anadyr;
  •  • 1 transport Sitka. [3][1]

The siege of Petropavlovsk was a military operation in the Pacific theatre of the Crimean War. The Russian casualties are estimated at 115 soldiers and sailors killed and seriously wounded, whilst the British suffered 105 casualties and the French 104 (by official estimates of the Allies).

  1. ^ a b c d e f Tashlykov 2016.
  2. ^ a b "The Defense of Petropavlovsk Port against an Anglo-French Squadron in 1854". marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info.
  3. ^ a b c d e Velichko et al. 1915.
  4. ^ The total casualty figure of 209 is widely cited, but Barry Gough, Britannia's Navy on the West Coast of North America, 1812–1914, London 2016 gives a further breakdown, and includes those that later died of wounds to give the final British death toll at 33, 17 from Pique, 11 from President and 5 from Virago


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