Action of 10 May 1915

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Action of 10 May 1915
Part of World War I
Date 10 May 1915 Location Black Sea, 25 miles from the Bosphorus Result Tactically inconclusive; Strategic Ottoman victory Russian operations disrupted
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andrei Eberhardt	Richard Ackermann
Strength
5 pre-dreadnought battleships	1 battlecruiser
Casualties and losses
None	1 battlecruiser lightly damaged

The action of 10 May 1915 was a naval encounter between the Russian pre-dreadnought squadron and the Ottoman battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim in the Black Sea. After a brief exchange of fire the Ottomans withdrew.