In the days following the Ottoman Empire Navy's hasty retreat to Sinop Port, under the orders of Governor Menshikov, the Russian Empire Navy, led by Nakhimov, roamed the Black Sea with even greater impunity, hunting down the Ottoman Empire's supply fleet, thus affecting the war between the Ottoman Empire's army and the Russian Imperial Army in the Caucasus Region.
Many Ottoman Empire regular troops that had ventured deep into the Caucasus Region were forced to retreat back to their own homeland due to the inability to safely receive logistical supplies.
