Battle of Moon Sound

Battle of Moon Sound
Part of Eastern Front (World War I)
The Russian pre-dreadnought Slava crippled by German fire off Saaremaa, 17 October 1917.
Date 16 October – 3 November 1917 Location West Estonian Archipelago, Baltic Sea 58°36′4.85″N 23°26′59.92″E / 58.6013472°N 23.4499778°E / 58.6013472; 23.4499778 Result German victory
Belligerents
Germany	Russia United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Vizeadmiral Ehrhard Schmidt	Admiral Mikhail Bakhirev
Strength
10 battleships 1 battlecruiser 9 light cruisers 1 mine cruiser 50 destroyers 6 submarines	2 pre-dreadnought battleships 3 cruisers 3 gunboats 21 destroyers : 3 submarines
Casualties and losses
156 killed 60 wounded 2 dreadnoughts damaged 1 torpedo boat sunk 7 minesweepers sunk various other ships damaged	Unknown number of casualties 1 pre-dreadnought heavily damaged and scuttled 1 destroyer sunk 1 submarine sunk minor damages

The Battle of Moon Sound was a naval battle fought between the forces of the German Empire, and the then Russian Republic (and three British submarines) in the Baltic Sea during Operation Albion from 16 October 1917 until 3 November 1917^[1] during World War I. The German intention was to destroy the Russian forces and occupy the West Estonian Archipelago, and achieved both objectives. The Imperial German Navy had ten battleships, one battlecruiser, nine light cruisers, one mine cruiser, fifty destroyers and six submarines while the Russians had only two pre-dreadnoughts, three cruisers, three gunboats, twenty-one destroyers, and three British submarines.^[2]