| 1918 y. |
Ice Cruise of the Baltic fleet - the rescue of ships of the Baltic fleet from being seized by Germanic and Finnish troops and transfer them from Revel and Helsingfors to Kronstadt.After the cessation of Brest-Litovsk negotiations for peace offensive began in Germany in the Baltic.
The threat of capture by the Germans of the main forces of the Baltic Fleet, icebound in Revel and Helsingfors forced to begin the operation to relocate the ships to Kronstadt.In heavy ice conditions began a campaign of the Baltic Fleet.February 19 ships sailed from Revvelya accompanied by a detachment of icebreakers.
By 25 February, when the Germans came in Revel, a large part of the ships managed to reach the outer roads.The outbreak of civil war in Finland did not give the possibility of a break in Helsingfors.
Therefore, when on March 5 ships arrived in Helsinki, after a short pause on March 12 with a detachment icebreakers again journey.Having overcome the heavy ice, passing 330 kilometers, March 17, the first detachment of the Baltic fleet arrived at Kronstadt, having lost one submarine, which crushed ice.
In May, the operation was completed.
As a result, the Ice expedition were rescued from capture 236 ships and vessels. |
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