Battle of Latakia
| date | 7th October 1973 |
|---|---|
| place | Sea off Latakia |
| output | Victory of Israel |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
|
Michael Barkai |
unknown |
| Troop strength | |
| 6 missile speedboats | 1 torpedo boat 1 minesweeper 2 high-speed rocket boats Komar class 1 high- speed rocket boat Osa class |
| losses | |
|
no |
every 5 ships |
The Battle of Latakia (Arabic: معركة اللاذقية ) on October 7, 1973 was a sea battle as part of the Yom Kippur War , which was fought between Israel and Syria in front of the Syrian port city of Latakia . It is the first naval battle in history when missile speedboats armed with anti-ship missiles collided. In addition, methods of electronic warfare were used for the first time .
He managed the Israeli navy , the naval forces of Syria to defeat within a short time.
The battle
The Israelis fended off the enemy’s rockets fired from maximum distance using chaffs and electronic countermeasures . When the Syrian ships ran out of missiles, the Israelis approached and in turn attacked at optimal combat range with their Gabriel- type missiles .
Result
Several Syrian ships were sunk, the Syrian Navy returned to their ports and no longer took part in combat operations as the war continued.
particularities
The Battle of Latakia was the first battle between missile speedboats. The first battle in which one ship sank another ship with rockets took place on October 20, 1967 after the Six Day War , when the Israeli destroyer Eilat (ex- HMS Zealous (R39) ) was sunk by an SS-N-2 Styx .
literature
- Abraham Rabinovich: The Boats of Cherbourg. The secret Israeli operation that revolutionized naval warfare , Seaver Books / Henry Holt, New York 1988; ISBN 0-8050-0680-X , pp. 211-223