Action of 2 July 1915

Action of 2 July 1915

The Russian raid on Gotland, which took place on July 2 1915, was a naval battle of World War I between the German Empire (of the Central Powers) and the Russian Empire, assisted by a submarine of the United Kingdom (of the Allied Powers). The engagement took place in the Baltic Sea off the shores of Gotland, Sweden, a country neutral in World War I.

The German mine-laying cruiser "Albatross", screened by the armored cruiser "Roon", the light cruisers "Augsburg" and "Lubeck", and 7 torpedoboats, under Commodore Karf were laying mines off the Åland Islands. On the morning of 2 July, they were intercepted by a Russian squadron consisting of the armored cruisers "Admiral Makaroff" and "Bayan" and the light cruisers "Oleg" and "Bogatyr", under Rear Admiral Mikhail Bakhirev.

In the artillery duel that followed, "Albatross" was badly damaged and beached on the Swedish coast, and "Roon" received multiple hits. Reinforcements on both sides sailed to join the engagement. The Russian armored cruiser "Rurik" and the destroyer "Novik" joined the fight as the German force retreated. As the German armored cruisers "Prinz Adalbert" and "Prinz Heinrich" sailed to reinforce the German squadron, "Prinz Adalbert" was torpedoed by the British submarine "E 9" and limped to shore.

External links

* [http://www.navy.ru/history/hrn11-e.htm The History of the Russian Navy: The Great War]


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