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To the curious dilettanti in dates etc, these almost coinciding circumstances may prove interesting:
- The engagement took place on the anniversary of the memorable Battle of Salamis, 480 B.C. when the invading army of Xerxes was defeated by the Greeks; and on the same day Euripides, the Greek tragic poet, was born.
- Nestor is said to have been born at Navarino.
- The attack was made on the eve of the anniversary of the glorious Battle of Trafalgar, in which victory Codrington, the vice-Admiral of Navarino, then captain of Orient, was engaged.
After the Battle of Navarino
See also: History of Greece
Aerial
view of Navarino Bay (http://www.pylos.net/album/area/pylos02.JPG)
Aerial view of Navarino Bay (http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/mellon/LSAG/tour-page07.html)
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Restored Kingdom of France, Imperial Russia
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Ottoman Empire, Egypt
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Commanders
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Edward Codrington
Henri de Rigny
Login Petrovich Geiden
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Ibrahim Pasha
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Strength
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7 battleships, 10 frigates, 4 brigs, 2 schooners, 1 cutter
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3 battleships, 17 frigates, 30 corvettes, 28 brigs, 5 schooners, 5 or 6 fireships
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181 killed, about 480 wounded
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4109 men
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