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Action of 9 January 1921

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Short naval battle of the Russian Civil War
Action of 9 January 1921
Part of the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War

French destroyer Sister ship Algérien
Date9 January 1921
Locationoff Anapa, Black Sea
Result French victory
Belligerents
 France  Russian SFSR
Strength
2 destroyers 1 multipurpose ship
Casualties and losses
None 1 multipurpose ship lost, 70 casualties
Southern Front
of the Russian Civil War
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921

The action of 9 January 1921 was a short naval battle fought during the Russian Civil War by the French Navy and the Soviet Russia.

Background

During the Russian Civil War, the French Navy was engaged as part of the Allied Intervention provided assistance to the White faction engaged into the Southern Front. The French Navy suffered a mutiny in 1919 but operations were carried until the end of the conflict.

Action

The action involved the Arabe-class destroyers Sakalave and Sénégalais intercepting on sea the Soviet Russian multi-purpose ship Elpidifor No415 (also rated as gunboat) on minelaying duties. After a short gunfire battle, the Soviet vessel was hit, grounded and lost with the seventy casualties close Anapa.

Aftermath

Wreck of Elpidifor No415 was scrapped in situ in 1922, but some wreckages can still be found.

References

  1. "Le combat de 09-01-1921 (French language)". Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. "Elpidifor No.415 (+1921)". Retrieved 2 May 2018.

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