Mazirbe (Livonian: Irē or Piški Īra, German: Klein-Irben) is a village place in Kolka Parish, Talsi Municipality, Latvia 18 km southwest of Kolka. It...

Irbe Strait, also known as Irben Strait (Estonian: Kura kurk, Irbe väin, Latvian: Irbes jūras šaurums, Livonian: Sūr meŗ), forms the main exit out of...

defensive minefields and dispatching warships (including destroyers) into the Irben Straits to harass German naval shipping to supply their forces by sea. The...

(Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) Irben (1935): mine-warfare vessel Irene: 5,000 ton Irene-class protected cruiser...

13–14 July, V183 and V180 escorted the cruiser Bremen on a sortie into the Irben Strait. Bremen sighted torpedo tracks twice on the 14th, with the cruiser...

supported minelaying sorties by Soviet destroyers in the western half of the Irben Strait on the evenings of 24–25 and 26–27 June. Off-loading her fuel and...

repairs. At 17:30, König departed the area to refuel; she returned to the Irben Strait on 15 October. On 16 October, it was decided to detach a portion...

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the advance of German troops. It was planned to enter the Gulf via the Irben Strait, defeating any Russian naval forces and mining the entrance to Moon...

Notes 1 9 September 1916 Grigorovich M-9 Enemy seaplane Forced landing Irben River, off Gulf of Riga 2 14 July 1917 Grigorovich M-15 German two-seater...

merchant Bengt Sture and Finnish merchant Agnes. L-3 laid fields of mines at Irben Sound, Libau and Utö. On these mines was lost the German merchants Hindenburg...

Island. On 28 June, Soviet submarine S-10 was lost, most likely mined in the Irben Straits. On 1 July, Soviet submarine M-81 was lost, mined off Vormsi, Estonia...

Gerhardt III 1681 “…Me fecit Gerhardt Meyer in Riga anno 1681” Irbe (LV) [Irben] P. Campe 1930, p. 112, Nr. 166. Cannon Gerhardt III 1681 ME FECIT GER/HARDT...

Three British C-class submarines were also stationed in the Gulf. The Irben Strait, the main southern entrance to the Gulf of Riga, was heavily mined...

the Russian pre-dreadnought Slava at bay while a Russian minefield in the Irben Strait was cleared, but the Russian forces put up a strong defense. Schmidt...

the advance of German troops. It was planned to enter the Gulf via the Irben Strait, defeating any Russian naval forces and mining the entrance to Moon...

 Kriegsmarine World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Irben Strait. Sergei Kirov  Soviet Union World War II: Convoy VA 18: The cargo...

of the US Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 20 June 2013. "German minelayers class Irben". Warshipsww2.Eu. Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 29...

drifter/minesweeper struck a mine, probably a German one, and sank in the Irben Strait. 9 survivors were rescued by M 3157 ( Kriegsmarine). There were at...

the advance of German troops. It was planned to enter the Gulf via the Irben Strait, defeating any Russian naval forces and mining the entrance to Moon...

 Kriegsmarine World War II: The Type C Artilleriefährprahm was sunk in the Irben Strait off "Sventoi" by Soviet aircraft. AF 26  Kriegsmarine World War II:...

the advance of German troops. It was planned to enter the Gulf via the Irben Strait, defeating any Russian naval forces and mining the entrance to Moon...

naval forces, including V108 carried out an attempted penetration of the Irben Strait with the intention of mining the southern entrance to the Moon Sound...

seaplanetender". netherlandsnavy.nl. Retrieved 28 June 2020. "German minelayers Irben class". warshipsww2.eu. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved...

the advance of German troops. It was planned to enter the Gulf via the Irben Strait, defeating any Russian naval forces and mining the entrance to Moon...

in the Pacific Ocean by USS Flasher ( United States Navy). Tristan  Germany World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Irben Strait....

the area for Putziger Wiek, where she refueled. The ship passed through Irben Strait on 16 October. On 16 October, it was decided to detach a portion...

Kriegsmarine World War II: The RA 51-class minesweeper was sunk by a mine in the Irben Strait sometime in August (location seems unlikely). Göttingen Kriegsmarine...

participated in the defense of the Gulf of Riga, laying minefields in the Irben Straits during the nights of 24/25 and 26/27 June. The ship sailed to Kuivastu...

participated in the defense of the Gulf of Riga, laying minefields in the Irben Straits during the nights of 24/25 and 26/27 June; she was damaged by two...