naval engagement, notable, First World War
Black Sea Raid
Black Sea Raid was a naval engagement fought in 1914 at Black Sea, in what is now Russia. It was part of the War in the Black Sea, which ran from 1914 to 1916. The recorded result: Ottoman victory; Ottoman entry into World War I.
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Record
| Date | 1914 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Black Sea, Russia 44.000N, 35.000E | |
| Kind | Naval engagement, First World War | |
| Strength | 1 battlecruiser; 1 light cruiser; 1 protected cruiser; 1 torpedo cruiser; 4 destroyers; 1 gunboat | Shore defences; 1 pre-dreadnought; 1 minelayer; 1 gunboat; 3 destroyers |
| Casualties and losses | 1 battlecruiser damaged | 1 minelayer scuttled; 1 gunboat sunk; 1 destroyer damaged; Numerous merchant vessels damaged or destroyed; Unknown human losses |
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In the same war
- After: Battle of Odesa 29 October 1914
Elsewhere in 1914
- First Battle of the Marne France
- Battle of Tannenberg Poland
- Caucasus campaign Turkey
- Battle of Liège Belgium
- Battle of the Falkland Islands Argentina
Black Sea Raid is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 425 in present-day Russia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q25040984, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Black Sea raid, revision 1381817750, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.