Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
- Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
partof=the First World War
caption=
date=17 November 1917
place=Heligoland Bight, North Sea
result= German victory
combatant1=
combatant2=
commander1=Charles Napier
commander2=Ludwig von Reuter
strength1=5 battlecruisers
2 light cruisers
strength2=2 battleships
torpedo boats
minesweepers
casualties1=Light Cruiser Calypso damaged
casualties2=1 torpedo boat
The Second Battle of Heligoland Bight was a naval engagement in World War I. On 17 November 1917, German minesweepers clearing a path through the British minefield in the Heligoland Bight near the coast of Germany were intercepted by two British cruisers, HMS "Calypso" and HMS "Caledon", performing counter-minesweeping duties. The German ships fled south toward the protection of the battleships SMS "Kaiser" and SMS "Kaiserin", commanded by Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter. The two cruisers engaged the German battleships, while their own screening force of the battlecruisers HMS "Tiger", HMS "Renown", HMS "Repulse", HMS "Courageous", and HMS "Glorious" of the First Battlecruiser Squadron, commanded by Admiral Sir Charles Napier, were coming up to assist.
All personnel on the bridge of HMS "Calypso", including her captain, were killed by a 12-inch shell. HMS "Repulse", Captain William Boyle, later Admiral of the Fleet William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery, briefly engaged the German battleships, but the Germans made it back to the safety of their own minefields with the loss of only a torpedo boat.
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