A true story of honor and nobility indeed. It is rather unfortunate that the Russians received such a bad time in the case of sea power in the final days of the Russian Empire. Of course, Greece does have Russia and Nicholas I to thank for giving us some of our first warships after the War of Independence. If you're interested in Greek Naval tradition and history, I'd recommend you take a look at these:[link][link][link]
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