| Destruction of the 7th Shock Fleet
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| Part of 10 Days War
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A frigate of the Volsvakian 7th Shock Fleet explodes early into the battle after being damaged by the RKM Himmelstoss
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| Date |
22 January - 23 January 1913
(1 day)
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| Location |
Hundermenschen Sea, Northwestern Coast of Hundermenschen
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| Status |
Decisive Rotgeheiman and Goryevdren victory
- Destruction of most of the Volsvakian 7th Shock Fleet
- Rotgeheiman and Goryevdren gain permanent access to waters off the coast of Hundermenschen
- Volsvakia withdraws from the war
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| Belligerents |
 Rotgeheim
 The Goryevdre Islands
|  Volsvakia
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| Commanders and leaders |
Raphael Schädler
Kilian Herreshoff
Siegfried Sauerbrunn
Johann Edelstein
| Yuri Verchenko †
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| Units involved |
| 1st Fleet
International Reaction Force
| 7th Shock Fleet
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| Strength |
| Rotgeheim:
4 aircraft carriers
12 heavy cruisers
8 superdreadnoughts
12 light cruisers
20 destroyers
The Goryevdre Islands:
3 heavy cruisers
6 light cruisers
10 destroyers
| 2 aircraft carriers
8 heavy cruisers
7 light cruisers
8 frigates
17 destroyers
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| Casualties and losses |
Rotgeheim:
1 heavy cruiser heavily damaged
2 destroyers heavily damaged
3 destroyers sunk
502 killed
The Goryevdre Islands:
4 destroyers damaged
1 destroyer sunk
467 killed
| 2 aircraft carriers sunk
4 heavy cruisers sunk
2 heavy cruisers heavily damaged
3 light cruisers sunk
1 light cruiser heavily damaged
1 light cruiser scuttled
8 frigates sunk
9 destroyers sunk
6 destroyers damaged
4,500 killed
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The Destruction of the 7th Shock Fleet was the name given to an engagement in the sea off the coast of Hundermenschen, during which the Volsvakian 7th Shock Fleet was nearly annihilated in a decisive battle. The battle took place in the evening of 22 January 1913 and continued on into the morning of the next day. The operation led to permanent damage to the Volsvakian Navy and the subsequent ending of combat operations in the 10 Days War for Volsvakia.
