First Battle of Dragovich

First Battle of Dragovich
Part of Third Vionnan-Molvanian War
File:Dreadnought aflame.jpg The only known picture of the battle, this phtograph shows the bow of the Dreadnought aflame under fire from the Molvanian batteries.
Date 7th-8th February 1897 Location Dragovich, Molvani Result Imperial Strategic Victory Dreadnought escapes
Belligerents
Vionna-Frankenlisch	Molvani
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Lord Hood Captain Remtis Colburn	Cadensk Dzendrich (WIA) Ivan Stuk
Units involved
HMNS Dreadnought Z-71 (Captured)	Dragovich Naval Station Dragovich Garrison
Strength
1 Battleship, 1 Captured Torpedo Boat	1 Protected Cruiser, 2 Destroyers, 7 Gunboats and Torpedo boats 3,000 Men, 18 batteries and forts
Casualties and losses
21 Killed 58 Wounded	43 Killed 108 Wounded and Captured

The First Battle of Dragovich was the first engagement of the Third Imperial-Molvanian War and was fought between HMNS Dreadnought, a battleship of the Imperial Navy and the Dragovich Naval Station consisting of 11 vessels, 18 shore emplacements and 3,000 troops of the Imperial Molvanian Army. HMNS Dreadnought was already in port when war broke out and an attempt to capture the ship went wrong. Dreadnought, under the command of Admiral Lord Hood, was able to escape Dragovich with a captured torpedo boat, Z-71.