Blockade of Montenegro

Blockade of Montenegro
	Part of the First Balkan War
	; Port of Bar under construction, c. 1905–1916
Date	10 April – 14 May 1913
Location	Mediterranean sea; Montenegrin-Albanian coast from Bar up to the outlet of the Drin, near Shëngjin (from 23 April up to Durrës)
Belligerents
Montenegro	Austria-Hungary ; France ; Germany ; Italy ; United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Nicholas I; Prince Danilo Petrović; Prince Peter; Janko Vukotić; Radomir Vešović;	Cecil Burney; Maximilian Njegovan; Paul Stupar;
Strength
	Multi-national naval squadron, including Austrian ships Aspern and Zenta, British ships Dublin and the 3rd Battle Squadron, French ship Edgar Quinet, German ship Breslau, and Italian ship Ammiraglio di Saint Bon

In the Blockade of Montenegro (10 April – 14 May 1913) a multi-national naval squadron summoned by the Great Powers and under the command of Sir Cecil Burney blockaded the Montenegrin ports. The purpose of the blockade was stopping Montenegrin reinforces and supplies from reaching the Albanian coast.

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