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unusual facts about naval blockade



Stepan Vasiliyevich Voyevodsky

In 1827–1830 lieutenant Voyevodsky served on Jezekiel, a ship-of-the-line of count Login Geiden's Mediterranean squadron; he participated in the Battle of Navarino in October 1827 and in the naval blockade of the Dardanelles during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829.


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Andrei Eberhardt

During World War I, his top achievement was setting up a naval blockade of Zonguldak coal fields, choking coal supply of the German-Turkish fleet.

Claude de Razilly

In 1627, he successfully relieved the siege of the Royal forces in the fortress of Saint-Martin-de-Ré by sailing through an important English naval blockade.

Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton

He was employed by Boscawen at the Siege of Pondicherry to take soundings off Pondicherry, in order to arrange the dispositions of the naval blockade of the town.

Indian Naval Air Arm

INS Vikrant played a major role in the successful Naval blockade of East Pakistan.

Military history of the Republic of Turkey

The Turkish Navy participated with five ships and one submarine in the NATO-led naval blockade to enforce the arms embargo.

Vittorio Garatti

The construction of the complex was interrupted after the missile crisis, when the naval blockade imposed by the United States forced to a different assessment for economic and productive priorities.

Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign

The campaign was part of the Allied Japan campaign intended to provide staging areas for an invasion of Japan as well as supporting aerial bombardment and a naval blockade of the Japanese mainland.