Battle of Cape Burnas
The Battle of Cape Burnas was a naval engagement between the Soviet and Romanian navies near the Burnas Lagoon in October 1942.
| Battle of Cape Burnas | |||||||
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| Part of the Black Sea Campaigns of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
Romanian gunboat Stihi Eugen | |||||||
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Romania Germany | Soviet Union | ||||||
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2 gunboats 1 transport ship 1 flying boat | 1 submarine | ||||||
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| 1 transport ship sunk |
1 submarine sunk 16-19 killed 2,000 Soviet POWs killed aboard the sunken German ship | ||||||
On 1 October 1942, the Soviet M-class submarine M-118 attacked and sank the German transport ship Salzburg, which was carrying on board 2,000 Soviet prisoners of war. After attacking, the submarine was located by a German BV 138C flying boat, and the Romanian gunboats Sublocotenent Ghiculescu and Stihi Eugen were sent to the scene. The two Romanian warships attacked the Soviet submarine with depth-charges, sinking her with all hands.
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