The Battle of Moon Sound was a naval battle in World War I, fought in the Autumn of 1917 between German and Russian forces in the Baltic sea. Muhu, also called Muhumaa, is an island in the Baltic Sea. ... The French battleship Orient burns, 1 August 1798, during the Battle of the Nile A naval battle is a battle fought using ships or other waterborne vessels. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. ...

The Germans captured the Baltic Islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa, and Muhu (Moon) during Operation Albion in September 1917. This left a Russian squadron consisting of the battleships Tsesarevich and Slava, together with cruisers and destroyers, stranded in the Gulf of Riga. The Russian fleet escaped on 17 October 1917 by way of the Moon sound, a strait separating the island of Moon from the Estonian mainland. This article is about the island. ... Tahkuranna the northern most part of Hiiumaa, Estonia Hiiumaa (Swedish, German: Dagö) is the second largest island belonging to Estonia. ... Muhu, also called Muhumaa, is an island in the Baltic Sea. ... Operation Albion was the German military and naval operation in October 1917 to invade and occupy the Estonian islands of Saaremaa (Ösel), Hiiumaa {Dagö} and Muhu (Moon). ... The Slava (Слава) was a Pre-Dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy, she was the last ship of the Borodino class battleships and the only one of the five ships not to be sunk at the Battle of Tsushima. ...

Discovered during their retreat, the Russians were engaged by the German dreadnoughts SMS König and SMS Kronprinz. The battleship Slava was heavily damaged and had to be scuttled because she drew to much water to pass through the shallow strait. SMS König was the first of four König class battleships which served with the German Imperial Navy during World War I. Built at the Wilhelmshaven Dockyard, she was launched on the 1 March 1913 and officially completed on the 10 August 1914. ... SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm (His Majestys Ship Crown Prince William) was a König class battleship in service with the German Imperial Navy during World War I. She was originally named SMS Kronprinz, but became the second ship to take the name Kronprinz Wilhelm when the Hilfkreuzer Kronprinz Wilhelm, an...

External links

• Account of Russian naval activities in World War I; includes a short section on the Battle of Moon Sound
• Article in Russian Language on the Battle - http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=4042#4042
• Article in English - http://www.gwpda.org/naval/albion3.htm
• Halpern, Paul G. A Naval History of World War I, 1994 UCL Press ISBN 1-85728-295-7