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'''Sinope''' is a port on the [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[Black Sea]] coast where, on 30 November 1853, a [[Russia]]n squadron of six [[Ship of the line|ships of the line]] annihilated a Turkish squadron of 13 ships (7 [[frigate]]s, 2 [[corvette]]s, 2 supply ships and a pair of wooden steamers.) The Russians used shellfire against the wooden ships which caught fire and were destroyed almost immediately.<ref name="Oxford Companion to Ships">"''The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea''" (1976) p. 805</ref>
'''Sinope''' is a port on the [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[Black Sea]] coast where, on 30 November 1853, a [[Russia]]n squadron of six [[Ship of the line|ships of the line]] annihilated a Turkish squadron of 13 ships (7 [[frigate]]s, 2 [[corvette]]s, 2 supply ships and a pair of wooden steamers.) The Russians used shellfire against the wooden ships which caught fire and were destroyed almost immediately.<ref name="Oxford Companion to Ships">"''The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea''" (1976) p. 805</ref>
Though a minor engagement in itself, it had wider ramifications as the world’s navies realised the vulnerability of wooden ships against exploding shells and began replacing them with [[ironclad]]s as fast as they could. This battle, more than any other single event, brought about the end of the wooden warship.<ref name="Oxford Companion to Ships">"''The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea''" (1976) p. 805</ref>
Though a minor engagement in itself, it had wider ramifications as the world’s navies realised the vulnerability of wooden ships against exploding shells and began replacing them with [[ironclad]]s as fast as they could. This battle, more than any other single event, brought about the end of the wooden warship.<ref name="Oxford Companion to Ships"/>
The battle was an early engagement in the [[Crimean War]] and helped galvanise public opinion in [[Britain]] in favour of an increase in British participation in the war.<ref name="Oxford Companion to Ships">"''The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea''" (1976) p. 805</ref>
The battle was an early engagement in the [[Crimean War]] and helped galvanise public opinion in [[Britain]] in favour of an increase in British participation in the war.<ref name="Oxford Companion to Ships"/>
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