Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet

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The Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet was a World War I naval operation in which British and allied forces contained and neutralized Russia’s German-opposed Baltic Fleet by restricting its movement and access to the wider seas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I military operation
naval blockade
alsoKnownAs Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet
surface form: Blockade of the Russian Baltic Sea Fleet
conflict World War I
effectOn Russian ability to support operations by sea in the Baltic
Russian maritime trade in the Baltic Sea
endTime 1918
location Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
eastern Baltic Sea
method control of sea lanes
minefields
naval patrols
objective contain the Russian Baltic Fleet
neutralize Russian naval power in the Baltic
restrict Russian naval access to the wider seas
opponent High Seas Fleet (Imperial German Navy)
surface form: German High Seas Fleet
participant German Empire
Royal Navy
Baltic Fleet (Russian Empire)
surface form: Russian Baltic Fleet

Russian Empire
United Kingdom
partOf Baltic Sea theatre of World War I
surface form: Baltic Sea operations of World War I
result Russian Baltic Fleet largely confined to its bases
limited Russian naval operations in the Baltic Sea
startTime 1914

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Baltic campaign hasPart Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet
Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet alsoKnownAs Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet
this entity surface form: Blockade of the Russian Baltic Sea Fleet
Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War hasPart Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet