War At Sea Presentation by Jessica Delinger Bailee

War At Sea Presentation by Jessica Delinger, Bailee Miller Richards, Faith Kidd and Suzannah Matthews

Maps of the Front Battle of Jutland Battle of Dogger Bank Battle of Heligoland Raid of Zeebrugge

Battles ● Battle of Heligoland Bight August 28 th, 1914. Took place near the Northwest German coast. ● Battle of Dogger Bank January 24 th, 1915. The towns of Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool. ● Battle of Jutland May 31 st, 1916. Was fought in what’s known as Skagerrak, which is an arm of the North Sea. Battle of Otranto Straits May 14 th, 1917. Austro-Hungarian Navy attacks many Allied patrol crafts, sinking as many as 14. Raid on Zeebrugge April 23 rd, 1918. An attack on a German held port called Zeebrugge, by the British, which failed almost immediately.

The Battle of Heligoland Bight 28 August 1914

The Battle of Heligoland Bight ● This battle was the first naval battle of the war ● The battle took place in the North sea, near the northern coast of Germany ● The naval battle began with the British Royal navy attacking the Imperial German navy’s ships ● The plan was for the British navy to lure the Germans’ naval ships out from their port and to where more British navy ships were waiting to attack ○ This did not go as planned. The Germans were somewhat prepared causing the British to have to re-plan and call in backup by having the ships that were waiting outside the port to come in to help fight ● The British were not expecting the heavy fog to be used as a “hide away” for Germans to fire without being seen

The Battle of Heligoland Bight ● The objective of the British Royal Navy was to take down german ships so they were less prepared for another attack ○ The Germans objective was to just protect their port ● The end result was brutal for the Germans. The Germans retreated due to the deaths ○ The Germans lost 1, 200 men ○ The British lost only 35

The Battle of Dogger Bank 24 January 1915

The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval engagement that was fought January 24 th, 1915 near Dogger Bank located in the North Sea. This battle took place between the British and German naval forces mainly because the British commander of the Battle Cruiser Force was ordered to set sail in order to intercept the German forces at sea. On January 23 rd, 1915 (one day before the battle) British decoders intercepted and decoded several German wireless transmissions that gave the British knowledge that a German naval squadron was heading towards Dogger Bank. The British were formed into two squadrons, the first comprising HM Ships Lion, Tiger and Princess Royal and the second of HM Ships New Zealand Indomitable. Supporting this force were the First Light Cruiser Squadron from Dover and the Harwich Force of Light cruisers and destroyers. The German squadron comprised SM Ships Derfflinger, Moltke, Seydlitz and Blücherand was also supported by cruisers and destroyers.

Previous Events ● The ambush at dogger bank was encouraged by the success of a surprise attack on the British coastal towns of Hartlepool and Scarborough the previous month ● British forces won the Battle of Heligoland Bight in late August. Elsewhere, a surprise defeat at Coronel, off the coast of Chile, in early November was quickly avenged a month later at the Battle of the Falklands. ● A raid on the British coast on December 16 - the raid caused widespread public outrage in Britain and led to fears of future attacks.

Casualties German ship, Seydlitz, was soon ablaze; 192 of its crew members died Of the four German ships in Hipper’s squadron, only the oldest and biggest, the Blucher, was sunk, killing 782 men 15 British sailors were killed

Fleets & Commanders BRITISH ● Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty ● 5 battlecruisers, 7 light cruisers, 35 destroyers GERMAN ● Rear Admiral Franz Hipper ● 3 battlecruisers, 1 armored cruiser, 4 light cruisers, 18 destroyers

The Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916

The Battle of Jutland This battle was considered to be the only major naval battle of World War One. The battle was fought because it was believed that Britain had naval supremacy not in just Europe but throughout the world as well. Commanded by Vice Admiral David Beatty, British confronts a squadron of German ships which were led by Admiral Franz von Hopper about 75 miles off the coast of Denmark's North Sea Germans- engaged 1000, 000 aboard 250 ships over the span of 72 hours. German navy lost 11 ships, which consisted of a battleship, a battle cruiser and suffered 3, 058 casualties Britain- took a heavier loss with 14 ships sunk, which were 3 battle cruisers & 6, 784 casualties.

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