The Russian fleet of 10 battleships , 6 frigates and small craft sailed Self_motion from Sevastopol on 5 September under Fyodor Ushakov for Kherson to pick up some frigates .

This was completed Process_end by about 2 p.m.. Ushakov ordered Arranging 3 frigates to the off-battle side of the van to guard Defending against an Ottoman doubling Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the Russian line ( Ottoman ships of the period were usually coppered and therefore several knots faster than Russian ships Sending ) , leaving Departing 13 ships Sending of 710 guns in his line , opposed to 14 with 900 guns .

Ushakov then turned Self_motion toward the Ottoman ships and firing Attack began Process_start at about 3 p.m..

Some Russian ships had been chasing Self_motion the rest of the Ottoman fleet but they were losing Earnings_and_losses ground and at about 4:30 p.m. Ushakov recalled Statement them .