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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Black Sea Campaigns of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
 Romanian gunboat Stihi Eugen | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Romania Germany |
 Soviet Union | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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2 gunboats 1 transport ship 1 flying boat | 1 submarine | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 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.[1][2][3]
Alternative versions edit
Recent surveys in the area failed to find the wreck in the alleged sinking location and it has been raised the alternative version that M-118 was lost due to a German seaplane attack[4] or from a Romanian field barrage "S-30".[5]
At the same time, one source reported that two Soviet submarines were sunk by Romanian surface units.[6] There are several Soviet submarines claimed to have been sunk by Romanian surface warships, but the two most valid claims are M-118 and Shch-206, sunk on 9 July 1941.[7]
References edit
- ^ Antony Preston, Warship 2001-2002, p. 79
- ^ Donald A Bertke, Gordon Smith, Don Kindell, World War II Sea War, Vol 7: The Allies Strike Back p. 179
- ^ Mikhail Monakov, Jurgen Rohwer, Stalin's Ocean-going Fleet: Soviet Naval Strategy and Shipbuilding Programs 1935-1953, p. 266
- ^ "Великая Отечественная - под водой". www.sovboat.ru. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ "ТРАГЕДИЯ ТРАНСПОРТА «ЗАЛЬЦБУРГ» И ГИБЕЛЬ ПОДВОДНОЙ ЛОДКИ «М-118» - PDF Скачать Бесплатно". docplayer.ru. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ David T. Zabecki, World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, 2015, p. 708
- ^ Preston 2001, p. 72