Battle of Cape Sarych

Battle of Cape Sarych
Part of World War I

Map of the battle
Date18 November [O.S. 5 November] 1914
Location
Result Russian victory[1]
Belligerents
Russian Empire  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Andrei Eberhardt Ottoman EmpireGerman Empire 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.

  1. ^ Oleynikov 2016, pp. 287–288.
  2. ^ Больных А. Трагедия ошибок. Морские битвы Первой Мировой.. — М.: ООО "АСТ", 2002. — С. 250-251.
  3. ^ Miltatuli 2017, p. 85.


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