Yavuz Sultan Selim, ex SMS Goeben
Kapitän zur See Ackerman
Gunboat Numune
Gunnery Note
Yavuz fired 128 28cm projectiles but scored no hits.
Damage Note
Yavuz struck by a 12-inch HE projectile on the forecastle which penetrated two decks before detonating on the Zwischendeck. This damage some fittings and light structures and the port capstan. A second 12-inch hit was scored by Panteleimon and this struck 2 meters from the outer hull between frames 97 and 103 and passed through before detonating in the water, causing splinter damage and temporarily putting the crew of port No. 2 15cm casemate gun out of action.
Russian Forces
Black Sea Fleet
Admiral Andrei Eberhard
Cruiser Screen
Rear Admiral Pokrov
Pamiat Merkuria (F)
Kagul
Main Body
Battleship Division
Vice Admiral Novitsky
Evstafi (FF) Captain
1st Rank Galanin
Ioann Zlatoust Captain
1st Rank F.A. Winter
Panteleimon (F) Captain
1st Rank Kaskov
2nd Battleship Brigade
Rear Admiral Putyatin
Tri Sviatitelia (F)
Captain 1st Rank Lukin
Rostislav Captain 1st
Rank Porembsky
1st, 2nd and 3rd Destroyer Divisions
Captain 1st Rank Sablin
Derzki Class Destroyers (3)
Old Destroyers (10)
Seaplane Tender
Aleksander I
Minelayer
Kseniya
Svyatoi Nikolai
Submarine
Nerpa
Gunnery Note
Evstafi
fired fifty-eight 12-inch and three 8-inch.
Ioann Zlatoust fired seventy-five
12-inch and four 8-inch
Panteleimon fired twenty-three
12-inch.
Tri Sviatitelia fired thirteen
12-inch.
Damage Note
Evstafi was near missed by several
28cm projectiles and although the hull was shaken, she suffered little
damage.
Source: "Battle on the Seven Seas:
German Cruiser Battles 1914 - 1918" by Gary Staff
18 July 2011 - New datapage