Battle of Åland Islands

Name: Battle of Åland Islands
Start: 1915-01-01
End: 1915-12-31
Location: Ostsee

1915 • Ostsee

Wreck of german Minelaying Cruiser SMS Albatross beached on shore of Gotland, Sweden, July 1915

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German night minelaying action near Bogskär lighthouse on 1st and 2nd of the July 1915 and russian fleet assembly in area west from Saaremaa on July 1, 1915.

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For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Gestrandeter Minenkreuzer SMS Albatros Russische Neutralitätsverletzung 1915.- S. M. S. "Albatros" mit wehender Flagge vor Oestergarnsholm bei der schwedischen Insel Gotland.

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Russian fleet sortie towards Klaipėda and general overview of Battle of Gotland on July 2, 1915.

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Gedenkstein an die Opfer der SMS Albatross an der Kirche von Östergarn auf Gotland (Schweden)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_%C3%85land_Islands

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SMS Albatros is attacked by Russian cruisers in Swedish waters, 2 July 1915

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Historical Overview

The Battle of Gotland, which occurred in July 1915, was a naval battle of World War I between the German Empire and the Russian Empire, assisted by a submarine of the British Baltic Flotilla. It took place in the Baltic Sea off the shores of Gotland, Sweden, a country neutral in World War I.