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Sailing of the Baltic Fleet

When
March 1854
Where
Departure port not specified in supplied passages
Part of
Britain's ultimatum to Russia and the sailing of the Baltic Fleet, 1854

A Royal Navy fleet sailed for the Baltic under Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier in March 1854.

Napier's fleet departed in March 1854 to operate in the Baltic. In April 1854, an Anglo-French fleet entered the Baltic to attack the Russian naval base of Kronstadt and the Russian fleet stationed there. Initially, the attacking fleets limited their actions to blockading Russian trade in the Gulf of Finland.

Sources

  1. Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-11
  2. Crimean War Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04

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