A British submarine flotilla operated in the Baltic Sea for three years during the First World War. The squadron of nine submarines was attached to the Russian Baltic Fleet. The main task of the floti
HMS E18 after passing through the Oresund in September 1915
The British submarine HMS E13 aground at Saltholm in The Sound in 1915 before being attacked by German torpedo boats
Operation Albion
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Operation Albion was a German air, land and naval operation in the First World War, against Russian forces in October 1917 to occupy the West Estonian Archipelago. The campaign aimed to occupy the Bal
British submarine flotilla in the Baltic
…1917 sealing season. HMS C32 stranded on a mudbank near Pärnu on the north-eastern side of the Gulf of Riga on 24 October 1917 while trying to prevent Operation Albion, the German operation in October to invade the Estonian islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu. Three of these boats—HMS C26, C27, and C35—were also…
Panorama of the Tagalaht Bay, Saaremaa, Estonia, site of the German landing on 12 October 1917.
German battleship Grosser Kurfürst photographed during Operation Albion in October 1917. Above is the Schütte-Lanz naval airship S.L.20 (Type 'f').