Gulf of Riga campaign

Gulf of Riga campaign
Part of the Baltic Sea campaign of the Eastern Front of World War II

A Soviet Storozhevoy (Project 7U)-class destroyer
Date22 June 1941 – August 1941
Location
Result German victory
Belligerents
 Germany  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Admiral Hubert Schmundt Soviet Union Admiral Vladimir Tributs
Strength
S-boats and minesweepers 2 light cruisers
destroyers and motor torpedo boats
Casualties and losses
3 minesweepers sunk and others damaged
2 motor torpedo boats sunk
1 transport sunk and other damaged
1 cruiser damaged
3 destroyers sunk and 1 damaged
1 minesweeper sunk
1 motor torpedo boat sunk

The Gulf of Riga campaign was fought by the Soviet Navy against the Kriegsmarine during Operation Barbarossa in 1941.