THE CRIMEAN WAR AT SEA: The Naval Campaigns Against Russia 1854-56

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Analyzes the wider war waged at sea by the British and French navies against the Russians. The allied navies aimed to strike at Russian interests anywhere in the world where naval force could be brought to bear, and as a result, campaigns were waged in the Baltic, the Black Sea, the White Sea, on the Russian Pacific coast, and in the Sea of Azoff. Seeks to set the record straight by showing how these neglected naval campaigns were remarkably successful, in contrast to the wretched failures that beset the British army on land. Allied warships ranged across Russian waters sinking shipping, disrupting trade, raiding ports, bombarding fortresses, destroying vast quantities of stores, and shelling coastal towns. Contains 30 illustrations.