Battle of Cape Sarych

Battle of Cape Sarych
Part of World War I
Map of the battle
Date 18 November [O.S. 5 November] 1914 Location off Cape Sarych, Crimea, Black Sea Result Russian victory[1]
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andrei Eberhardt	Wilhelm Souchon
Strength
5 pre-dreadnought battleships	1 battlecruiser
Casualties and losses
34 killed 24 wounded 1 battleship damaged	13 to 115 killed 58 wounded[a] 1 battlecruiser damaged

The Battle of Cape Sarych was a naval engagement fought off the coast of Cape Sarych in the Black Sea during the First World War. In November 1914, two modern Ottoman warships, specifically a light cruiser and a battlecruiser, engaged a Russian fleet including five obsolescent pre-dreadnought battleships in a short action.

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