List of battles of the Romanian Navy

The following is a list of battles of the Romanian Navy, from the Romanian War of Independence to the Second World War.

Romanian War of Independence

Potemkin mutiny

  • Action of 2 July 1905 - Romanian victory; Russian torpedo boat Ismail repulsed by two shells fired by the Romanian cruiser Elisabeta[1]

Second Balkan War

World War I

  • Raid on Ruse (27 August 1916) - Romanian victory

World War II

Name Allies Date Opposing force Location Outcome Notes
Raid on Constanța  Germany 26 June 1941  Soviet Union Constanta Victory Surface battle
Action of 26 June 1941 - 26 June 1941  Soviet Union Ceatalchioi Victory Surface battle
Action of 9 July 1941 - 9 July 1941  Soviet Union Mangalia Victory Anti-submarine operation
Battle of Jibrieni - 17 December 1941  Soviet Union Jibrieni Victory Anti-submarine operation
Submarine campaigns in 1941  Germany 1941  Soviet Union Black Sea Indecisive Submarine and Anti-submarine operation
Battle of Cape Burnas  Germany 1 October 1942  Soviet Union Cape Burnas Victory Anti-submarine operation
Submarine campaigns in 1942  Germany 1942  Soviet Union Black Sea Indecisive Submarine and Anti-submarine operation
Soviet Naval raids  Germany 1941-1942  Soviet Union Western Black Sea Victory Surface battles
Submarine campaigns in 1943  Germany 1943  Soviet Union Black Sea Indecisive Submarine and Anti-submarine operation
Submarine campaigns in 1944  Germany 1944  Soviet Union Black Sea Indecisive Submarine and Anti-submarine operation
Evacuation of Crimea  Germany 8 April-12 May 1944  Soviet Union Crimea Successful Evacuation Evacuation

References

  1. ^ Bascomb, Neal (2007). Red Mutiny: Eleven Fateful Days on the Battleship Potemkin. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, p. 252