Battle of Nerva Island

Battle of Nerva Island
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II

T35, sister ship of T31 and T30 of the Elbing class
Date19–20 June 1944
Location
close Nerva Island in Gulf of Finland
60°16′01″N 28°16′59″E / 60.267°N 28.283°E / 60.267; 28.283
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
 Germany  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Heinrich Peter-Pirkham Soviet Union S.A.Osipov
Strength
2 torpedo boats Minor units of the
Soviet Baltic Fleet (4 gunboats, 10 patrol boats, 14 motor torpedo boats)
Casualties and losses
1 torpedo boat sunk,
1 torpedo boat damaged
78 killed, 21 wounded, 6 captured
8 units damaged
unknown human losses

The Battle of Nerva Island took place in the Gulf of Finland during World War II on 19–20 June 1944 between the Soviet Union and Germany, which occurred amid the 1944 Soviet offensive against Finland. It was one of the few engagements in the Baltic theater with large surface ships.