Battle of the Jade Reef

Battle of the Jade Reef
Part of Sundering Sea Campaign of the Siduri War
Date 13-14 December 1934 Location Jade Reef, east of Serikos Result Common Axis victory
Belligerents
Common Axis Cacertian Empire Đại Quến	Inner Sphere Shirvani Dominion Republic of Syara
Commanders and leaders
Licinia Senecio Thảo Quảng Bắc	Umid Xalidli
Units involved
Northern Fleet	Sundering Fleet
Strength
10 battleships 4 battlecruisers 4 heavy cruisers 12 cruisers 4 light cruisers 49 destroyers 29 submarines	1 carrier 6 battleships 3 battlecruisers 2 heavy cruisers 7 cruisers 2 light cruisers 31 destroyers 12 submarines
Casualties and losses
3 battleships damaged 2 battlecruisers damaged 1 heavy cruiser damaged 2 cruisers sunk 7 destroyers sunk 4 submarines sunk	2 battleships damaged 1 battlecruiser damaged 1 cruiser sunk 2 light cruisers sunk 13 destroyers sunk 8 submarines sunk

The Battle of the Jade Reef was a naval engagement during the Siduri War, fought between the Inner Sphere's Sundering Fleet and the Northern Fleet of the Common Axis, composed of ships of Quenmin and the Cacertian Royal Navy. It was the first major fleet engagement in eastern Siduri between the Inner Sphere and the Common Axis, and the second major battle between the two sides following the Battle of the Mansuri Sea one month earlier. The battle took place between the naturally formed Jade Reef located in the Qilin Sea between Serikos, Quenmin, Akashi and Acrea.

Following the outbreak of hostilities between the Common Axis and the Inner Sphere in October 1934 both sides made preparation for extensive naval operations in the waters around Siduri. For the Common Axis control of the Bara Sea was essential to maintain lines of supply and communication between the Cacertian Empire and the Quenminese Front, which was rapidly becoming the site of major combat between the armies of both sides. While the close proximity of the Cacertian Archipelago effectively closed the area off to Inner Sphere commerce trading, the geography of the Sundering Sea allowed a direct route for Inner Sphere ships into the Qilin Sea and the waters of Eastern Siduri. Almost immediately after hostilities began, the Shirvani Admiralty had identified the need to insert commerce raiders into the Bara Sea to disrupt Common Axis shipping.