Battle of Cape Sarych

Battle of Cape Sarych
	Part of World War I
	; Map of the battle
Date	18 November 1914
Location	off Cape Sarych, Crimea, Black Sea
Result	Russian victory German-Turkish fleet retreated;
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andrei Eberhardt	Wilhelm Souchon
Strength
5 pre-dreadnought battleships	1 battlecruiser
Casualties and losses
34 killed; 24 wounded; 1 battleship damaged	13 to 115 killed; 58 wounded; 1 battlecruiser damaged

The Battle of Cape Sarych was a naval engagement fought off the coast of Cape Sarych in the Black Sea during the First World War. In November 1914, two modern Ottoman warships, specifically a light cruiser and a battlecruiser, engaged a Russian fleet including five obsolescent pre-dreadnought battleships in a short action.

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