Second Battle of Heligoland Bight

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The Second Battle of Heligoland Bight was a World War I naval clash in November 1917 in which British and German forces fought in the North Sea near the German coast, resulting in a tactical British victory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle
naval battle
belligerent Imperial German Navy
surface form: Kaiserliche Marine

Royal Navy
campaign Naval operations in the North Sea during World War I
combatantSide Allies of World War I
Central Powers
conflictIn World War I
countryInvolved German Empire
United Kingdom
date 17 November 1917
location Heligoland Bight
North Sea
off the German North Sea coast
navalTheatre Heligoland Bight
near Helgoland
surface form: Heligoland
notableFor engagement between British light forces and German minesweepers and escorts
opponent British forces
German forces
partOf Naval warfare of World War I
precededBy First Battle of Heligoland Bight
result British victory
resultType tactical British victory
seaArea eastern North Sea
strategicContext British efforts to contain the German High Seas Fleet
German attempts to disrupt Allied maritime operations
theatre North Sea
typeOfEngagement surface naval action
year 1917

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Grand Fleet engagement Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Imperial German Navy notableOperation Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
North Sea theatre of World War I majorEngagement Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Heligoland Bight (1917)
Grand Fleet (Royal Navy) engagement Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
High Seas Fleet (Imperial German Navy) notableEngagement Second Battle of Heligoland Bight