Battle of Moon Sound

This article is about the naval operation. For the film, see Moonzund (film).
Battle of Moon Sound
Part of Eastern Front (World War I)

The Russian pre-dreadnought Slava crippled by German fire off Saaremaa, 17 October 1917.
Date16 October – 3 November 1917
Location
West Estonian Archipelago and Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea
58°36′4.85″N 23°26′59.92″E / 58.6013472°N 23.4499778°E / 58.6013472; 23.4499778
Result German victory
Belligerents
German Empire Russian Republic
United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Ehrhard Schmidt Mikhail Bakhirev
Strength
10 battleships
1 battlecruiser
9 light cruisers
1 mine cruiser
50 destroyers
6 submarines		 2 pre-dreadnought battleships
3 cruisers
3 gunboats
21 destroyers
:
3 submarines
Casualties and losses
156 killed
60 wounded
2 dreadnoughts damaged
1 torpedo boat sunk
7 minesweepers sunk
various other ships damaged		 Unknown number of casualties
1 pre-dreadnought heavily damaged and scuttled
1 destroyer sunk
1 submarine sunk
minor damages

The Battle of Moon Sound was a naval battle fought between the forces of the German Empire, and the Russian Republic (and three British submarines) in the Baltic Sea during Operation Albion from 16 October 1917 until 3 November 1917 during World War I. The German intention was to destroy the Russian forces and occupy the West Estonian Archipelago, and achieved both objectives. The Imperial German Navy had ten battleships, one battlecruiser, nine light cruisers, one mine cruiser, fifty destroyers and six submarines while the Russians had only two pre-dreadnoughts, three cruisers, three gunboats, twenty-one destroyers, and three British submarines.

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