Action of 10 May 1915

Quand

10 mai 1915

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

47.84° N, 35.24° E

Location

Black Sea, 25 miles from the Bosphorus

Outcome

Indecisive Russian operations disrupted

Belligerents

Ottoman Empire contre Russian Empire

Placé à : midpoint of the belligerents’ countries: the source gives no place.

Naval battle on the Black Sea in 1915

The action of 10 May 1915, or Battle of the Bosporus, was a naval encounter between the Russian pre-dreadnought squadron and the Ottoman battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim in the Black Sea, north of the Bosporus. After a brief exchange of fire the Ottomans withdrew. The battle took place during the main operation of the Black Sea Fleet aimed at shelling the Bosporus fortifications.

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