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Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)

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unaware of the new arrivals and could have attacked them. There was no way to warn off British submarines which might have targeted their own ships. It had been the decision of Admiral Sturdee—Admiralty Chief of Staff—not to inform Jellicoe and also not to send additional larger ships which had originally been requested by Keyes. Jellicoe had countermanded this decision once he knew of the raid, by sending ships which were part of his command. Keyes was disappointed that the opportunity for greater success had been lost by not including the additional cruisers properly into the plan as he had originally intended. Jellicoe was disturbed by the Admiralty's failure to discuss the raid with their commander in chief of the Home Fleet at sea.
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quality of their firing. British and German sources reported the determination and bravery of the defeated German ships when overwhelmed. No one reported the presence of British cruisers to Admiral Hipper until 14:35. Had he known, he could have brought his battlecruisers to sea faster and consolidated his fleet, possibly preventing German losses and instead inflicting some on the departing British ships. The British operation took longer than anticipated and large German ships would have had sufficient high water to join the battle.
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send a superior force during darkness to ambush the German destroyers as they returned. Three British submarines would surface in a position to draw the destroyers back out to sea while a larger British force of 31 destroyers accompanied by nine submarines would cut them off from Germany. Other submarines would wait for any larger German ships leaving the
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undertakings must be approved by His Majesty in advance. I took the first opportunity to explain to the Emperor the fundamental error of such a muzzling policy. This step had no success but on the contrary, there sprang up from that day forth an estrangement between the Emperor and myself which steadily increased.
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Beatty had been following the events by radio 40 mi (35 nmi; 64 km) to the north-west. By 11:35, the British ships had still not completed their mission and withdrawn; with the rising tide, larger German ships would be able to leave harbour and join the engagement. Beatty took his five
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but the mist meant the gunners could not tell which ships were which. At 07:26, Tyrwhitt turned east, to follow the sound of gunfire sighting ten German destroyers, which he chased through the increasing mist for 30 minutes, until the ships reached Heligoland and he was forced to turn away. At 07:58,
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commanded a destroyer patrol. They observed that German destroyers had adopted a regular pattern of patrols where each evening cruisers would escort destroyers out of harbour, to patrol for British ships during the night before being met and escorted home each morning. Keyes and Tyrwhitt proposed to
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The Germans appreciated that standing patrols by destroyers wasted time and resources, leaving them open to attack. The Germans sowed defensive minefields to prevent enemy ships from approaching and freed the destroyers to escort larger ships, which were never to be sent out one by one. The British
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As may be deduced from these extracts the staff work was almost criminally negligent and it was a near miracle that we did not sink one or more of our submarines or that one of them did not sink us. Furthermore if anyone had suggested, say in 1917, that our battle-cruisers should rush about without
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German light cruisers armed with larger numbers of faster firing 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns, proved inferior to similar British cruisers with fewer but more powerful 6 in (15 cm) guns. The German ships proved difficult to sink despite severe damage and impressed the British with the
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The Emperor did not wish for losses of this sort ... Orders issued by the Emperor ... after an audience with Pohl, to which I as usual was not summoned, to restrict the initiative of the Commander-in-Chief of the North Sea Fleet. The loss of ships was to be avoided; fleet sallies and any greater
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The British side suffered from poor communication, with ships failing to report engagement with the enemy to each other. The initial failure to include Jellicoe in planning the raid could have led to disaster, had he not sent reinforcements and the communication failures meant British ships were
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There straight ahead of us in lovely procession, like elephants walking through a pack of ... dogs came Lion, Queen Mary, Princess Royal, Invincible and New Zealand ...How solid they looked, how utterly earthquaking. We pointed out our latest aggressor to them ... and we went west
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The Germans had assumed that their cruisers, leaving port one by one, would not meet larger ships or a superior force and failed to keep their ships together so they might have better odds in any engagement. Beatty—when faced with the choice of leaving one of his ships to finish off disabled
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Attempts to rescue the crew were interrupted by the arrival of a submarine; one survivor was rescued by a German ship two days later, out of some 250 men who had survived the sinking. Rear Admiral Maass perished with his ship. Four German cruisers survived the engagement, saved by the mist.
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and her destroyers. Her steering was damaged, causing her to turn back into the path of Goodenough's ships and she was hit by shells and a torpedo. At 12:20, her captain ordered his ship to be scuttled and the crew to abandon ship. Keyes had now joined the main body of ships and brought
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The results of this action were far-reaching. Henceforward, the weight of British Naval prestige lay heavy across all German sea enterprise ... The German Navy was indeed "muzzled". Except for furtive movements by individual submarines and minelayers, not a dog stirred from August till
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stationed around home waters and could not expect victory in a general fleet engagement. The HSF adopted a strategy of waiting in defended home ports for opportunities to attack parts of the larger British force. The British adopted a strategy of distant blockade, patrolling the
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with the daring of his plan, which was adopted with some changes. An attack at 08:00 on the German daytime patrol was preferred. Keyes and Tyrwhitt requested support for their operation, in particular bringing the Grand Fleet south and the support of the squadron of six
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battlecruisers south-eastwards at maximum speed, an hour away from the engagement. While the advantages of using his more powerful ships to rescue the others was clear, this had to be weighed against the possibility of mischance by torpedo or of meeting German
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resurfaced the larger ships had gone and the submarine rescued the British crewmen afloat in small boats with the German survivors. The Germans were left behind with a compass and direction toward the mainland as the submarine was too small to take them.
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nearly approached the battlecruisers but saw them in time and turned away. She had four funnels, like the British Town-class cruisers, which caused sufficient confusion to allow her time to disappear into the mist. The German battlecruisers
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and the sound of gunfire alerted the remaining German destroyers moving north, which turned south towards home. Before they could complete the turn, they were sighted by British destroyers which commenced firing. The trailing destroyer
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from Goodenough's squadron ahead and tried to pass through the British destroyers by surprise, only to be surrounded by eight destroyers and sunk. As British ships began to rescue survivors from the water, the German light cruiser
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who took off survivors. At 13:10, Beatty turned north-west and ordered all the British ships to withdraw, since the tide had now risen sufficiently for larger German ships to pass through the Jade estuary. Passing
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at the last minute. The German government and the Kaiser in particular, restricted the freedom of action of the German fleet, instructing it to avoid any contact with superior forces for several months thereafter.
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remained out of communication range; separated from the rest of their squadron, they took no further part in the action. Tyrwhitt turned to assist Keyes, on receipt of the signal that he was being chased, sighted
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with the 1st Destroyer Flotilla of 16 destroyers and 8 mi (7.0 nmi; 13 km) behind them was Goodenough with the six cruisers; visibility was no more than 3 mi (2.6 nmi; 4.8 km).
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enemies—had elected to keep his squadron together and only later return in force to finish off the ships. Goodenough managed to lose track of two cruisers, which played no further part in the battle.
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into battle with inadequate training and jammed guns. British ships were criticised for having fired considerable ammunition and torpedoes with little effect but this criticism backfired when at the
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Beatty was vaunted as a hero, although he had taken little part in the action or planning of the raid, which was led by Commodore Tyrwhitt and conceived by him and Keyes, who had persuaded the
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anti-submarine protection and hundreds of miles away from the battle fleet in a mine infested area a few miles from the German battle fleet, he would have been certified on the spot.
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The battle took place less than a month after the British declaration of war against Germany on 5 August 1914. The war on land led to defeat for the French and their Allies at the
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and the ships attempted to rejoin Tyrwhitt. The British submarines were still unaware that the other ships were present and at 09:30, a British submarine fired two torpedoes at
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that he was chasing two German cruisers. Goodenough received the signal, abandoned his search for enemy vessels to attack and steamed to assist Keyes against his own ships,
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The German navy had expected that Britain would adopt its traditional approach and had invested in submarines and coast defences. The main body of the German navy—the
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was cut off and quickly disabled by the much larger guns of the battlecruisers. She was saved from immediate sinking by the sighting of another German light cruiser,
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near an opponent's ports would place them at great risk of surprise attack. Ships would be obliged to keep moving and return to port every few days to refuel.
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At 08:12, Tyrwhitt returned to the original plan to sweep the area from east to west. Six returning German destroyers were sighted which turned to flee, when
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Surprised, outnumbered and outgunned, the German fleet suffered 712 sailors killed, 530 injured and 336 taken prisoner; three German light cruisers (SMS
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was approaching from a different direction. Admiral Maass was still unaware of the nature of the attack and dispersed his ships in search of the enemy.
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The British devised a plan to ambush German destroyers on their daily patrols. A British flotilla of 31 destroyers and two cruisers under Commodore
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did not arrive until 26 August. Her crew was inexperienced and it was discovered that its new 4 in (102 mm) Mk V guns jammed when fired.
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To preserve his ships the Kaiser determined that the fleet should, "hold itself back and avoid actions which can lead to greater losses". Admiral
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rather than waters close to Germany. The Germans had two alternatives to break out into the Atlantic Ocean, either by passing through the 20 
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and attacked with shells and torpedoes but was driven off by torpedo attacks from the destroyers. As Tyrwhitt turned away to the west,
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s two 6 in (152 mm) guns destroyed her bridge, killing 37 men including the captain, forcing her to withdraw and return to
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and another destroyer—sighted two four-funnelled cruisers. Still unaware that additional British ships were involved, he signalled
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and brought to England, the son of Tirpitz being among the prisoners. The British had lost no ships and casualties did not exceed
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approached and opened fire, forcing the British to abandon the rescue, leaving behind British sailors. The British submarine
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The attack was planned for 28 August; the submarines were to sail on 26 August, while Keyes would travel on the destroyer
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that, "in his anxiety to preserve the fleet ... wished you to wire for his consent before entering a decisive action".
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to adopt it. The raid might have led to disaster, had the additional forces under Beatty not been sent by Admiral
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attacked together but the battle was interrupted by Beatty and the battlecruisers. A destroyer officer wrote,
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were positioned 4 mi (3.5 nmi; 6.4 km) further out to draw the German destroyers out to sea.
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was better armed but two of its four 4 in (102 mm) guns jammed and another was damaged by fire.
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commanded a squadron of long-range submarines that regularly patrolled the Heligoland Bight and Commodore
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came alongside and both cruisers were stopped for twenty minutes while repairs were made to the boilers.
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in 1915, British crews tried to conserve ammunition and missed opportunities to damage German vessels.
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and the surface ships would depart at dawn on 27 August. Tyrwhitt, aboard the brand new light cruiser
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left the Jade at 14:10 and began a cautious search for other ships. Rear Admiral Hipper arrived in
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arrived, reversing the situation so that the British destroyers were obliged to retreat towards
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in Orkney and the 200 mi (170 nmi; 320 km)-wide narrow point between Britain and
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to take off the crew. Three British destroyers had been seriously damaged in the engagement.
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40 mi (35 nmi; 64 km) to the north-west and Cruiser Force C comprising the
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while they went east ... and just a little later we heard the thunder of their guns.
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was out in the northern North Sea. Both sides engaged in long-distance sorties with
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was left to sink, which she eventually did at 15:00, attended by the German ships
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had been damaged and returned to base with casualties. German casualties were
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and the ships engaged for 20 minutes, before the arrival of Goodenough caused
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of 16 older destroyers. Tyrwhitt had requested the replacement of his cruiser
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The Germans knew nothing of our defective staff work or the risks we had run.
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managed to disengage and escape when the battlecruisers approached but
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to attempt an escape. Goodenough gave chase and in trying to lose him,
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killed, including Maass and the destroyer commodore. The British took
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were ordered to attack reinforcing or retreating German vessels.
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to attack reinforcements should they come from that direction.
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had sailed from Wilhelmshaven to join the German ships, while
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immediately turned towards Heligoland, radioing Rear Admiral
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German sketch showing all actions of the battle (expandable)
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was outraged by this decision and wrote after the war,
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turned back. The German ship had seen two cruisers,
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(2015). 2194:My Naval Life 1906–1929 2083:, pp. 99, 116–117. 1502:Final phase 12:30–01:40 1069:First phase 07:30–09:30 819:commanded by Commodore 680:Battle of the Frontiers 303:3 torpedo boats damaged 286:1 light cruiser damaged 4406:Paris Peace Conference 4394:Ukraine–Central Powers 4188:Massacres of Albanians 4156:Late Ottoman genocides 3963:Bulgarian occupations 3671:Third Anglo-Afghan War 3635:Hungarian–Romanian War 3453:Naval Victory Bulletin 3448:Armistice with Germany 3398:Hundred Days Offensive 3325:Battle of La Malmaison 3275:Second battle of Arras 3242:Battle of Transylvania 3096:Second Battle of Ypres 2964:Sarajevo assassination 2853:South African Republic 1654: 1645: 1628: 1617: 1602: 1580: 1504: 1490: 1441:once the tide was up. 1433: 1274: 1190:destroyer-minesweepers 1090:3rd Destroyer Flotilla 1071: 918:1st Destroyer Flotilla 780: 778:, who devised the plan 182:Commanders and leaders 4416:Treaty of St. Germain 4389:Russia–Central Powers 4343:Sykes–Picot Agreement 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Index

Battle of Heligoland (1914)
Battle of Heligoland
First World War

SMS Mainz
Heligoland Bight
North Sea
54°11â€ČN 7°31â€ČE / 54.19°N 7.51°E / 54.19; 7.51
United Kingdom
Germany
David Beatty
Reginald Tyrwhitt
Roger Keyes
Franz Hipper
Leberecht Maass

Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) is located in North Sea
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U-Boat Campaign
1st Heligoland Bight
22 September 1914
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1st Yarmouth
Scarborough/Hartlepool/Whitby
Cuxhaven
1st Dogger Bank
Noordhinder Bank

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