Soviet Navy surface raids on Western Black Sea | |||||||
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Part of the Black Sea campaigns (1941-1944) | |||||||
Soviet cruiser Voroshilov | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Romania Germany Bulgaria | Soviet Union | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Horia Macellariu | Filipp Oktyabrskiy | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 merchants sunk 2 motor torpedo boats sunk 1 minelayer sunk 2 minesweepers sunk |
1 cruiser damaged 1 leader destroyer sunk 1 destroyer damaged |
The Soviet Black Sea Fleet during the first years of the Black Sea campaigns (1941–44) conducted raiding operations along the Western coast of the Black Sea aimed to disrupt Axis communications and supplies by sea.