Action of 3 May 1920

3 May 1920
Part of the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
Date3 May 1920
Location
off Ochakov, Black Sea
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
 France Russian SFSR
Strength
1 aviso 1 floating battery
Casualties and losses
1 aviso captured None

The action of 3 May 1920 was a short single-ship action fought off Ochakov during the Russian Civil War between the French Navy aviso and a Bolshevik floating battery.

Background

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

Action

According to French sources, the French aviso Le Scarpe imprudently advanced into the territorial waters of Soviet Russia near Novorossiysk during a routine patrol in the Black Sea.[1] Le Scarpe's commander wanted to sail to Nikolaiev to collect information about procuring supplies.[2] The French warship encountered the Soviet floating battery Krasnaya Zarya near Ochakov; during the subsequent fight Le Scarpe was damaged and surrendered. This happened near the end of the Russian Civil War, and the ship was soon returned.

References

  1. ^ J.Seguin, Intermédiaire des chercheurs & curieux
  2. ^ Peter Lang, Documents diplomatiques français. Volume 1; Volume 21, Parte 1; Volume 29, Parte 1, 1997, p. 622-623
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