Minor World War I naval battle at the mouth of Sakarya river in Turkey in 1915
The Battle of Kirpen Island was a small naval battle fought during the Black Sea campaign of World War I. On 29 November 1915 the German U-boat SM "UC-13" was shadowing five Russian merchant ships when she ran aground off the mouth of the Sakarya River in poor weather. Admiral Wilhelm Souchon, the German commander of the Ottoman Navy sent two gunboats to recover the wreck. During the following cruise, the three Russian Derzky-class destroyers "Derzky", "Gnevny" and "Bespokoiny" encountered the gunboats "Taşköprü" and "Yozgat". In the ensuing combat the Russian gunners fired accurately and quickly sank both of the gunboats off Kefken Island on 10 December 1915.
Order of battle.
Ottoman Navy:
Russian Navy:
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