Battle of Someri

The Battle of Someri took place in the Gulf of Finland during World War II on 8–9 July 1942, between the Soviet Union and Finland. Starting as a modest operation to clear a Finnish observation post from a small island, it became one of the largest surface ship engagements in the Baltic theater.

See also: Baltic Sea campaigns (1939–1945)
Battle of Someri
Part of Continuation War

Finnish gunboat Uusimaa
Date8–10 July 1942
Location
Sommers in Gulf of Finland
60°12′25″N 27°38′35″E
Result Finnish victory
Belligerents
 Finland
 Germany		  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Veikko Rauhaniemi Gordey Levchenko
Strength
277 men, 11 boats 313 men, 30 boats
Casualties and losses
23 killed
68 wounded
2 gunboats damaged
2 minesweepers damaged		 7 patrol boats sunk
5 aircraft shot down
128 killed
149 captured
200 drowned
1 gunboat damaged
1 minesweeper damaged
11 patrol boats damaged
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