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Navarino

noun
1.
A decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships.  Synonym: battle of Navarino.





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"Navarino" Quotes from Famous Books



... protection of Allah. Six years after the defeat, the navy was in a state of greater practical efficiency than at any other time. After a protracted struggle of five years it had gained the undisputed supremacy of the Archipelago; and had it not been for the disastrous defeat at Navarino, it would have proved equal, if not superior, to the Russian fleet in the Black sea. The Turkish navy, to-day, numbers about sixty war vessels, six of which are ships of the line, and six steam frigates, built partly ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various
... gratifying as any previously received, was the following letter, addressed by the hero of Navarino to the Editor of ...
— Grace Darling - Heroine of the Farne Islands • Eva Hope


Words linked to "Navarino" :   Hellenic Republic, Greece, naval battle, Ellas


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