Action of 8 January 1916

Action of 8 January 1916
Part of World War I
Russian stamp depicting Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya
Date 8 January 1916 Location Black Sea Result Russian victory[1]
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andrei Eberhardt	Wilhelm Souchon
Strength
1 battleship 2 destroyers	1 battlecruiser 1 collier
Casualties and losses
None	1 collier sunk 1 battlecruiser damaged

On 8 January 1916 the Russian dreadnought Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya and the Ottoman battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim encountered one another in the Black Sea. After a brief exchange of fire the Ottomans withdrew.