Dmitry Senyavin

Dmitry Nikolayevich Senyavin
Dmitry Nikolayevich Senyavin
Born	17 August 1763; Borovsk, Russia
Died	17 April 1831 (aged 67); Saint Petersburg, Russia
Relatives	Alexei Senyavin (great-uncle)
	Military career
Allegiance	Russia
Branch	Imperial Russian Navy
Service years	1777–1813; 1825–1830
Rank	Admiral
Commands	Baltic Fleet
Conflicts	Russo-Turkish War (1787–92) Battle of Fidonisi; Battle of Ochakov; Battle of Kaliakria; ; Great French War Coalition Wars Mediterranean campaign of 1798 Siege of Corfu (1798–1799); ; Second Archipelago Expedition Action of Cattaro (1806); Action of Ragusa (1806); Actions of Curzola; Actions of Brazza; ; ; Russo-Turkish War (1806–12) Second Archipelago Expedition Battle of the Dardanelles (1807); Capture of the island of Tenedos; Battle of Athos; ; ; Anglo-Russian War (1807–12); ; Greek War of Independence Battle of Navarino; ;
Awards	Order of St. George 4th Class; Order of St. Vladimir 4th Class; Order of St. Anna 2nd Class; Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
Russian Military Commander of Kotor
	In office; 29 March 1806 – 26 January 1807
Monarch	Alexander I
Chairman of the Committee of Ministers	Vacant
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Adam Jerzy Czartoryski ; Andreas Eberhard von Budberg
Minister of Land Forces	Sergey Vyazmitinov
Preceded by	Genrikh Genrikhovich Belle
Succeeded by	Ilya Andreyevich Baratynskiy

Admiral Dmitry Nikolayevich Senyavin (Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Сенявин; 17 August [O.S. 6 August] 1763 – 17 April [O.S. 5 April] 1831) was an Imperial Russian Navy officer who served the Russo-Turkish wars and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was the successor of Fyodor Ushakov: in the Battle of Athos, Senyavin developed the tactics used by Ushakov — to attack the column by several groups, directing the main blow against the Ottoman flagships.