Battle of Cape Sarych
| Battle of Cape Sarych | |||||||
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| Part of World War I | |||||||
Map of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Andrei Eberhardt | Wilhelm Souchon | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5 pre-dreadnought battleships | 1 battlecruiser | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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34 killed 24 wounded 1 battleship damaged |
13 to 115 killed 58 wounded 1 battlecruiser damaged | ||||||
The Battle of Cape Sarych was a naval engagement fought off the coast of Cape Sarych in the Black Sea during the First World War. In November 1914, two modern Ottoman warships, specifically a light cruiser and a battlecruiser, engaged a Russian fleet including five obsolescent pre-dreadnought battleships in a short action.