Second Battle of Heligoland Bight [SEP] point in time
Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
The Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, also called the Action in the Helgoland Bight was an inconclusive naval engagement fought between British and German squadrons on 17 November 1917 during the First World War.
Background.
Following the German Navy's successful raid on the Scandinavian convoy on 17 October 1917, Admiral Sir David Beatty, Commander-in-Chief of the British Grand Fleet, was determined to retaliate. On 17 November 1917 a strong force of cruisers under Vice Admiral Trevylyan Napier was sent to
Battle of Heligoland
Battle of Heligoland or Battle of Heligoland Bight may refer to
- Battle of Heligoland (1849), a First Schleswig War naval battle
- Battle of Heligoland (1864), a Second Schleswig War naval battle
- Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914), a World War I naval battle
- Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, a 1917 World War I naval battle
- Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939), a World War II air battle