Battle of the Gulf of Riga

When

8 Aug 1915 – 20 Aug 1915

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

53.70° N, 15.06° E

Location

Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea

Outcome

Entente victory

Belligerents

Germany, Imperial Navy vs Russian Empire, Imperial Navy, United Kingdom, Royal Navy

Placed at the midpoint of the belligerents’ countries: the source gives no place.

World War I naval operation

The Battle of the Gulf of Riga was a World War I naval operation of the German High Seas Fleet against the Russian Baltic Fleet in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea in August 1915. The operation's objective was to destroy the Russian naval forces in the Gulf in preparation for landing German troops to facilitate the fall of Riga in the later stages of the Central Powers' offensive on the Eastern Front in 1915.

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