Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1942)

Submarine warfare in the Black Sea in World War II
Part of the Black Sea Campaigns of the Eastern Front of World War II
Date 1942 Location Western Black Sea coast Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Romania  Germany  Italy  Bulgaria	Soviet Union
Strength
6 German U-boats 6 Italian midget-submarines 1 Romanian submarine Anti-submarine forces	34 submarines Anti-submarine forces
Casualties and losses
1 Italian midget-submarine lost 1 German cargo sunk 1 German tanker scuttled, 1 damaged 1 German tug sunk 2 Romanian cargo sunk and 1 damaged 1 Romanian tug sunk	9 submarines sunk (4 more lost in Sevastopol operations)
8 neutral Turkish vessels lost 1 refugee ship sunk

Submarine warfare in the Black Sea in World War II during 1942 involved engagements between primarily submarines of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet attacking Axis merchantmen defended by Romanian and German naval warships. These engagements were a part of the Black Sea campaigns between Axis and Soviet naval forces.