What the records say
- When
- 1916
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 43.41° N, 34.26° E
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War I
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Action of 8 January 1916
On 8 January 1916 the Russian dreadnought Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya and the Ottoman battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim encountered one another in the Black Sea. After a brief exchange of fire the Ottomans withdrew.
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