Siege of Petropavlovsk

Siege of Petropavlovsk
	Part of the Crimean War
	; Cannons which were used to defend Petropavlovsk in 1854
Date	30 Aug. 1854 – 5 Sep. 1854 (NS); 18–24 Aug. 1854 (OS)
Location	Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
British Empire ; France	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Febvrier Despointes; David Price †; Frederick Nicolson	Vasily Zavoyko; Yevfimy Putyatin
Strength
6 warships • 2,600 men; • 218 cannons;	920–1,013 men; (excluding officers); 40 shore cannons; 1 frigate Aurora • 22 guns; 1 transport Dwina • 5 guns ;
Casualties and losses
: • 26 killed and missing;; • 79 wounded.; : • 26 killed and missing;; • 78 wounded.; Total (official allied estimates): • 209 casualties.; ; 2nd Rus. estimate : • up to 400 killed and wounded.; ; Enemy trophies: • 1 British standard;; • 7 officers' sabers;; • 56 rifles.;	37 killed; 78 wounded; (115 total); 2 ships: • 1 cargo ship Anadyr;; • 1 transport Sitka. ;

The siege of Petropavlovsk was a military operation in the Pacific theatre of the Crimean War in which British and French naval forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the Russian port of Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka peninsula. The Russian casualties are estimated at 115 soldiers and sailors killed and seriously wounded, whilst the British suffered 105 casualties and the French 104 (by official estimates of the Allies).