Battle of Baltim

Battle of Baltim
Part of the Yom Kippur War
Diagram outlining the Battle of Baltim
Date October 8–9, 1973 Location Off the coast between Baltim and Damietta, Egypt 31°39′18.49″N 31°27′26.25″E / 31.6551361°N 31.4572917°E / 31.6551361; 31.4572917 Result Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel	Egypt PLO
Commanders and leaders
Michael Barkai	Muhammad Zikry † Fuad Yahya
Strength
2 Sa'ar 4 boats 2 Sa'ar 3 boats 1 Sa'ar 2 boat 1 Sa'ar 1 boat	4 Osa boats
Casualties and losses
None	3 Osa boats sunk 42 killed

The Battle of Baltim (also Battle of Damietta, Battle of Baltim–Damietta, Battle of Damietta–Baltim or Battle of Damietta – El Burelos) was fought between the Israeli Navy and the Egyptian Navy on 8–9 October, 1973, during the Yom Kippur War. It took place off the Nile delta, between Baltim and Damietta. The battle began when six Israeli Sa'ar-class missile boats heading toward Port Said were engaged by four Egyptian Osa-class missile boats coming from Alexandria. It lasted about forty minutes.^[1] The Osas fired Styx missiles, missed, and began to withdraw back to Alexandria when the Israelis began to give chase. Two Osas were sunk by Gabriel missiles within a span of ten minutes, and a third was sunk twenty-five minutes later. The fourth made it back to base.^[2]