Battle of Åland Islands

Battle of Åland Islands
	Part of World War I
	; SMS Albatross after running aground during the battle.
Date	2 July [O.S. 19 June] 1915
Location	off Gotland, Sweden near Åland
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
German Empire Imperial Navy; ;	Russian Empire Imperial Navy; ; United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Johannes von Karpf	Mikhail Bakhirev
Strength
3 armored cruisers; 1 cruiser; 2 light cruisers; 7 torpedo boats	3 armored cruisers; 2 light cruisers; 1 destroyer; 1 submarine
Casualties and losses
2 armored cruisers damaged; 1 cruiser grounded; 27 dead and 49 wounded	Minor damages

The Battle of Åland Islands, or the Battle of Gotland, which occurred in July 1915, was a naval battle of World War I between the German Empire and the Russian Empire, assisted by a submarine of the British Baltic Flotilla. It took place in the Baltic Sea off the shores of Gotland, Sweden, a country neutral in World War I.

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