Second Battle of Heligoland Bight

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The Second Battle of Heligoland Bight was a naval skirmish fought on 17 November 1917 near the island of Heligoland near the main German naval base at Wilhelmshaven.

Battle

At 0730, the British First Cruiser Squadron was steering 90 degrees at 22 knots with the Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron one mile to their port beam at 25 knots and the First Light Cruiser Squadron three miles astern. Ten destroyers screened the forces.[1]

[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

British Order of Battle

Taken from the British Official History.[2]

First Cruiser Squadron

Screened by:

Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron

Screened by:

A shell hit on the conning tower in Calypso caused her to fire a ready torpedo by forcing in an Electro-Pneumatic firing push, prompting a Torpedo Order to keep safety pins or push covers in place until the moment before firing.[3]

First Light Cruiser Squadron

Screened by:

First Battle Cruiser Squadron

Screened by:

First Battle Squadron

Screened by:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Grand Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo Orders. No. 311.
  2. ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. V. pp. 168-169.
  3. ↑ Grand Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo Orders. 1/5/1918, p. 40.

Bibliography

  • Newbolt, Henry (1931). Naval Operations. Vol. V. London: Longmans, Green and Co..

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