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<img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22048" data-attachment-id="22048" data-permalink="https://web.archive.org/web/20211019185458/https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2016/12/04/17-october-1917-battle-in-moon-sound-ii/large_000000-2/" data-orig-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20211019185458/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/large_000000.jpg" data-orig-size="800,579" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"THE BATTLE OF MOON SOUND, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1917 (Q 57942) Russian battleship SLAVA, which was badly hit in the action in the Gulf of Riga on 18 October 1917 and had to be abandoned. Copyright: u00a9 IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205307253","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"u00a9 IWM (Q 57942)","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="large_000000" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="THE BATTLE OF […]

The battle in Moon Sound, 17 October. Russian shells fall near Kronprinz, whilst König is further ahead. At first the German battleships were unable to reply because the 12- inch guns of Slava outranged their own 30.5cm pieces. As the range closes, Kronprinz fires a salvo. The Battle in Moon Sound. The night passed quietly […]