An item reported that the same day four mines belonging to a German minefield were found ashore at Genichesk [Henichesk, harbour along the Sea of Azov, Ukraine].
Source
German War Diary of Admiral, Black Sea 1 1 October-31 December 1942. Published by Department of the Navy. Washington, 1955.
An item reported that in the partially by clouds covered harbour of Primorsko Akhtari [Primorsko-Akhtarsk at the coast of Sea of Azov] 2 motor gunboats, 2 small coastal vessels and 75 boats were sighted.
Source
German War Diary of Admiral, Black Sea 1-30 September 1943. Published by Department of the Navy. Washington, 1955.
An item reported that on 07:36 in the partially by clouds covered harbour of Ywisk [Yeysk at the shore of the Taganrog Gulf or Sea of Azov?] 5 motor gunboats and around 20 boats were sighted.
Source
German War Diary of Admiral, Black Sea 1-30 September 1943. Published by Department of the Navy. Washington, 1955.
An item reported that no enemy shipping was discovered during the reconnaissance of the Sea of Azov.
Source
German War Diary of Admiral, Black Sea 1-30 September 1943. Published by Department of the Navy. Washington, 1955.
An item reported that the Sea of Azov Flotilla based at Mariupol, Ukraine was in May 1920 added to the sea- and rivergoing forces at the Southwestern Front based at Odessa and Nikolayev and what became the Black Sea and Sea of Azov Naval Force.
Source
S.A. Tyushkevich. The Soviet Armed Forces: A History of Their Organizational Development. A Soviet View. Moscow, 1978.
An item reported that except for the reorganization of the Soviet Baltic Fleet more as going on. New proposals were to relieve the commanders-in-chief and to re-coordinate the work of the Technical and Economic Departments of the several fleets. Further more was proposed to appoint new Chiefs of the Base (Nachalniki Tyila) for the Baltic, Black Sea and Sea of Azov who in all respects were subordinated to the Commanders of Fleets and Chiefs of Naval Forces except for technical and supply questions outside the province of the Fleet officers. The commanding officers of harbors and local supply administration of the naval commissariat on the Fleet and Fortress of the area in question were subordinate to the Chiefs of the Base.
Source
The National Archives CAB-24-127-7. No.31. Weekly appreciation of matters of naval interest for the week ended 6 August 1921
