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.

Action of 8 January 1916
Part of World War I

Russian stamp depicting Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya
Date8 January 1916
Location
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
 Russia  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andrei Eberhardt Wilhelm Souchon
Strength
1 battleship
2 destroyers
1 battlecruiser
1 collier
Casualties and losses
None 1 collier sunk
1 battlecruiser damaged
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