Back معركة بحر بارنتس Arabic Bitva v Barentsově moři Czech Schlacht in der Barentssee German Ναυμαχία της Θάλασσας του Μπάρεντς Greek Batalo de la Barenca maro Esperanto Barentsinmeren taistelu Finnish Bataille de la mer de Barents French קרב ים ברנץ HE Battaglia del mare di Barents Italian バレンツ海海戦 Japanese

Battle of the Barents Sea

Battle of the Barents Sea
Part of the Second World War

Battle of the Barents Sea, Erwin J. Kappes (sinking of the Friedrich Eckholdt)
Date31 December 1942
Location
Barents Sea, Arctic Ocean
73°15′N 29°00′E / 73.25°N 29°E / 73.25; 29
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom  Nazi Germany
Commanders and leaders
 Oskar Kummetz
Strength
  • 2 light cruisers
  • 6 destroyers
  • 2 corvettes
  • 1 minesweeper
  • 2 trawlers
  • 2 heavy cruisers
  • 6 destroyers
Casualties and losses
  • 250 killed
  • 1 destroyer sunk
  • 1 minesweeper sunk
  • 1 destroyer damaged
  • 330 killed
  • 1 destroyer sunk
  • 1 heavy cruiser damaged

The Battle of the Barents Sea was a World War II naval engagement on 31 December 1942 between warships of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) and British ships escorting Convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. The action took place in the Barents Sea north of North Cape, Norway. The German raiders' failure to inflict significant losses on the convoy infuriated Hitler, who ordered that German naval strategy would henceforth concentrate on the U-boat fleet rather than surface ships.

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