Battle of Audierne Bay

Battle of Audierne Bay
Part of the Battle of the Atlantic and the Invasion of Normandy
6-inch guns of HMS Mauritius firing during the action in Audierne Bay 23 August 1944
Date 23 August 1944 Location Bay of Audierne between Brest and Lorient, France 47°55′N 4°29′W / 47.91°N 4.48°W / 47.91; -4.48 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Canada	Germany
Commanders and leaders
William Davis	Unknown
Strength
Cruiser Mauritius Destroyer Ursa Destroyer Iroquois	10 armed ships
Casualties and losses
None	8 ships sunk 161 captured

The Battle of the Audierne Bay was an engagement between German and Allied naval flotillas that took place on 23 August 1944, during World War II. Three Allied warships, which had already established control off the coast of Brittany and were lurking off Audierne south of the invested fortress of Brest, intercepted and sank eight German vessels of an armed convoy. This was the conclusion of Operation Kinetic; an allied plan to intercept shipping and hinder Germans besieged at Brest.^[1]