Battle of Someri

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (August 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Battle of Someri
Part of Continuation War
Finnish gunboat Uusimaa
Date 8–10 July 1942 (2 days) Location Sommers in Gulf of Finland 60°12′25″N 27°38′35″E / 60.207°N 27.643°E / 60.207; 27.643 Result Finnish victory
Belligerents
Finland  Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Veikko Rauhaniemi	Gordey Levchenko
Strength
277 men, 11 boats	313 men, 30 boats
Casualties and losses
23 killed 68 wounded 2 gunboats damaged 2 minesweepers damaged[1][2]	7 patrol boats sunk[Notes 1] 5 aircraft shot down 128 killed 149 captured 200 drowned 1 gunboat damaged 1 minesweeper damaged 11 patrol boats damaged[1]

The Battle of Someri took place in the Gulf of Finland during World War II on 8–9 July 1942, between the Soviet Union and Finland. Starting as a modest operation to clear a Finnish observation post from a small island, it became one of the largest surface ship engagements in the Baltic theater.

Cite error: There are <ref group=Notes> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=Notes}} template (see the help page).