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Battle of Heligoland (1849)

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Ships of both sides fired some shots, with no effect. When the German approached the island's three-mile zone, the British forces fired warning shots towards them, while allowing the Danish corvette to stay close. Brommy, not willing to draw the
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into the war, stayed at a distance while the Danish captain Polder was waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the Danish main fleet. When the modern steamer
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Im Juni 1849 kam es bei Helgoland zum einzigen Gefecht der, trotz des großen materiellen Aufwandes, niemals voll einsatzfähigen Bundesflotte gegen dänische Schiffe.
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since early 1848. The outcome was inconclusive, with no casualties, and the blockade went on. It remained the only battle of the German fleet.
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It was the first and the last excursion of the small fleet under the black-red-gold
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in order to disperse the Danish ships which were guarding the mouth of
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which under captain Andreas Polder sought refuge near the island of
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die erste und einzige Seefahrt unter der Schwarz-rot-goldnen Flagge
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At the outbreak of the First Schleswig War, the Danes instituted a
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Hansen, Hans Jürgen: Die Schiffe der deutschen Flotten 1848–1945
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Witthöft, Hans Jürgen: Lexikon zur deutschen Marinegeschichte
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After about a year of preparation, on 4 June, German Admiral
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being pursued by ships of the Schleswig-Holstein Navy
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Giese, Fritz: Kleine Geschichte der deutschen Flotte
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Index

Battle of Heligoland
First War of Schleswig

Heligoland
German Bight
Denmark

German Confederation
Denmark
Andreas Polder
Denmark
Jørgen P. F. Wulff

Karl Rudolf Brommy
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First Schleswig War
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Schleswig
Oversø
Nybøl
Dybbøl
Eckernförde
Dybbøl
Kolding
Gudsø
Århus
Dybbøl
Heligoland

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