Black Sea raid

29 October 1914, Sevastopol, Odessa, Novorossiysk and Feodosia

Ottoman success; the Ottoman Empire enters the war

Without a declaration of war, Admiral Souchon took the ex-German Yavuz and Midilli and the Ottoman fleet across the Black Sea and attacked Russian ports at dawn: Sevastopol, Odessa, Novorossiysk and Feodosia. A Russian gunboat and a minelayer were lost and merchant ships sunk. Russia declared war on 2 November, and Britain and France followed.

Imperial Russian Navy

2 ships, 2 lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
Prut	Auxiliary	Scuttled
Donets Torpedoed at Odessa; later raised	Gunboat	Sunk

Ottoman Navy

6 ships, none lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
Yavuz Sultan Selim Also known as Goeben shelled Sevastopol	Battlecruiser Moltke class	Survived
Midilli Also known as Breslau shelled Novorossiysk	Light cruiser	Survived
Hamidiye Shelled Feodosia and Yalta	Protected cruiser	Survived
Berk-i Satvet	Torpedo gunboat	Survived
Muavenet-i Milliye Attacked Odessa harbour	Destroyer	Survived

Flotillas and other craft	Number	Lost
Other destroyer Gayret, which entered Odessa with Muavenet.	1	0

Flotillas and other craft

Number

Lost

Other destroyer

Gayret, which entered Odessa with Muavenet.

Map

Yavuz crosses the Black Sea to Sevastopol 27–29 October 1914