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was disabled by a hit in the engine room and later sunk. Later during the day, at about 19:00 CET, the 9th
Flotilla attempted another torpedo attack against British battlecruisers, which was curtailed by poor visibility and an attack by British destroyers. From about 20:15
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took part in a large-scale torpedo attack by the 6th and 9th
Torpedo Boat Flotillas on the British fleet in order to cover the outnumbered German battleships' turn to the west. The German torpedo boats came under heavy fire from British battleships, and while
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who were aboard. None of the torpedoes fired by the
Germans found their targets, although several narrowly missed British battleships, forcing them to take avoiding action.
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of light cruisers and destroyers, to intercept the German force. The
British and German Forces met on the morning of 24 January in the
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Imperial German Navy placed orders for 12 high-seas torpedo boats, with a half-flotilla of six ordered from AG Vulcan (
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On 23 January 1915, a German force of
Battlecruisers and light cruisers, escorted by torpedo boats, and commanded by Admiral
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Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnelleboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote
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was disabled by
British shells and was sunk, but the rest of the German force escaped, with the German battlecruiser
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1004:. Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Vol. XVI. The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1927.
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901:History of the Great War: Naval Operations: Vol II
951:. Koblenz, Germany: Bernard & Graefe Verlag.
930:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
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928:Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
332:was 79.6 metres (261 ft 2 in) long
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647:denoted the shipbuilder who constructed her.
521:hit by a torpedo from the British destroyer
400:, and sent out the Battlecruiser Force from
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1791:World War I torpedo boats of Germany
878:Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting
1811:Ships sunk at the Battle of Jutland
137:79.6 m (261 ft 2 in)
14:
932:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
904:. London: Longmans, Green and Co.
880:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
812:Naval Staff Monograph No. 32 1927
221:8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45
145:8.3 m (27 ft 3 in)
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161:23,500 shp (17,500 kW)
153:2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
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911:A Naval History of World War I
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364:Armament consisted of three
1009:Rollmann, Heinrich (1929).
456:was sunk by a mine west of
322:was launched at Schichau's
31:was the sister ship of SMS
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1816:Maritime incidents in 1916
977:Massie, Robert K. (2007).
448:Battle of the Gulf of Riga
434:the British battlecruiser
129:971 tonnes (956 long tons)
1821:Ships lost with all hands
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981:. London: Vintage Books.
909:Halpern, Pail G. (1994).
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366:8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns
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592:fired by the battleship
1806:Ships built by Schichau
876:Campbell, John (1998).
862:, pp. 210–214, 339
404:, commanded by Admiral
209:83 officers and sailors
121:General characteristics
947:Gröner, Erich (1983).
628:Seiner Majestät Schiff
1801:Ships built in Elbing
913:. London: UCL Press.
420:Battle of Dogger Bank
838:, pp. 49–51, 56
265:. She served at the
259:Imperial German Navy
1054:-class torpedo boat
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633:His Majesty's Ship)
1577:Germaniawerft Kiel
1195:Germaniawerft Kiel
1071:Kaiserliche Marine
966:Groos, O. (1923).
896:Corbett, Julian S.
850:, pp. 113–114
790:, pp. 196–198
754:, pp. 377–380
625:"SMS" stands for "
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251:Large Torpedo Boat
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