Battle of the Bay of Biscay

Battle of the Bay of Biscay
Part of the Battle of the Atlantic of World War II
Battle of the Bay of Biscay 1943 – Painting by Norman Wilkinson
Date 28 December 1943 Location Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Charles Clark Harold Grant	Franz Kohlauf Hans Erdmenger †
Strength
2 light cruisers	5 destroyers 6 torpedo boats 1 aircraft
Casualties and losses
2 killed 1 cruiser damaged	532 killed & wounded 1 destroyer sunk 2 torpedo boats sunk 1 torpedo boat damaged[1]

The Battle of the Bay of Biscay, or Operation Bernau, was a naval action that took place on 28 December 1943 during World War II as part of the Atlantic campaign. The battle took place in the Bay of Biscay between two light cruisers of the British Royal Navy, and a destroyer and a torpedo boat flotilla of the German Kriegsmarine hoping to intercept and escort a blockade runner. The battle was fought as part of the Allied Operation Stonewall, which was to intercept German blockade runners off the west coast of France. In the confused action that followed the two British cruisers HMS Enterprise and HMS Glasgow respectively sank T26, together with her sister ship T25 and the destroyer Z27.^[2][3]