Battle of Heligoland Bight

The Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first Anglo-German naval battle of the First World War, fought on 28 August 1914, between ships of the United Kingdom and Germany. The battle took place in the south-eastern North Sea, when the British attacked German patrols off the north-west German coast. The German High Seas Fleet was in harbour on the north German coast while the British Grand Fleet was out in the northern North Sea. Both sides engaged in long-distance sorties with cruisers and battlecruisers, with close reconnaissance of the area of sea near the German coast—the Heligoland Bight—by destroyer.

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1914  Wikimedia, Wikidata
First Battle of Heligoland Bight
naval battle, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Germany, 

HMS Undine, SM UC-45, SMS Ariadne, 

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1914 Battle of Heligoland Bight

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1849 Battle of Heligoland

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1864 Battle of Heligoland

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SMS V187at Heligoland

Rescuing the crew of the German light cruiser 'Mainz' at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 RMG PV3448

Helgoland - British Plan and German Patrols

Helgoland - Mainz (Brit)

Helgoland - Straßburg NW

Bundesarchiv DVM 10 Bild-23-61-47, Kleiner Kreuzer SMS Ariadne im Gefecht

SMS V 187

L-class destroyers and the battlecruisers 'Lion', 'Queen Mary', and 'Princess Royal', with the 'Mainz', at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 RMG PW1231

Rescuing the crew of the German light cruiser 'Mainz' at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 (sketch) RMG PV1043

L-class destroyers under fire from the 'Mainz' at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 RMG PW1232

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1849	Battle of Heligoland	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Battle of Heligoland	Denmark, Kingdom of Prussia, Austrian Empire, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Battle of Heligoland Bight	German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Undine	submarine, U-class submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UC-45	Type UC II submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UC-71	U-boat, Type UC II submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Ariadne	Gazelle-class cruiser, light cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-1232	Type IXC/40 submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
site	bunker		U-Boot-Bunker Nordsee III	submarine pen	Wikidata
commons	image		SMS V187at Heligoland		Commons
commons	image		Rescuing the crew of the German light cruiser 'Mainz' at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 RMG PV3448		Commons
commons	image		Helgoland - British Plan and German Patrols		Commons
commons	image		Helgoland - Mainz (Brit)		Commons
commons	image		Helgoland - Straßburg NW		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv DVM 10 Bild-23-61-47, Kleiner Kreuzer SMS Ariadne im Gefecht		Commons
commons	image		SMS V 187		Commons
commons	image		L-class destroyers and the battlecruisers 'Lion', 'Queen Mary', and 'Princess Royal', with the 'Mainz', at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 RMG PW1231		Commons
commons	image		Rescuing the crew of the German light cruiser 'Mainz' at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 (sketch) RMG PV1043		Commons
commons	image		L-class destroyers under fire from the 'Mainz' at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 RMG PW1232		Commons