Gulf of Riga campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Baltic Sea campaign of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
A Soviet Storozhevoy (Project 7U)-class destroyer | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany | Soviet Union | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Admiral Hubert Schmundt | 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.