Barents Sea submarine campaign in 1941 | |||||||
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Part of the Arctic naval operations of World War II of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
HMS Trident | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany |
Soviet Union United Kingdom | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Anti-submarine forces |
23 Soviet submarines 4 British submarines | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 minesweeper damaged 2 submarine chasers sunk, 1 damaged 1 tanker sunk 11 freighters sunk, 1 damaged 2 fishing vessels sunk | none |
The Barents Sea campaign in 1941 was a submarine operation in the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea during World War II. It was a combined Soviet and British campaign, with boats departing from Polyarny to harass German shipping along the Norwegian coast.