Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
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For other similarly-named battles, see Battle of Heligoland.
The Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, also the Action in the Helgoland Bight and the Zweite Seeschlacht bei Helgoland, was an inconclusive naval engagement fought between British and German squadrons on 17 November 1917 during the First World War.
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Second Battle of Heligoland Bight | |||||||
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Part of the First World War | |||||||
HMS Calypso at the battle, during which she was severely damaged, drawn by William Lionel Wyllie | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom | German Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Trevylyan Napier William Pakenham | Ludwig von Reuter | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3 battlecruisers 8 light cruisers 10 destroyers |
2 battleships 4 light cruisers 8 destroyers 14 minesweepers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
22 men killed, 43 wounded 1 light cruiser damaged |
21 men killed, 40 wounded, 22 prisoners of war 1 minesweeper sunk 1 light cruiser damaged | ||||||
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