Battle of Dogger Bank
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The Battle of Dogger Bank was a 1915 naval engagement in the North Sea during World War I between British and German battlecruiser forces, notable for its role in the early clash of the Royal Navy and the Imperial German Navy.
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| Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) | 0 | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
World War I battle
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naval battle → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Dogger Bank
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surface form:
Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)
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| belligerent |
Imperial German Navy
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Royal Navy → |
| campaign |
North Sea theatre of World War I
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surface form:
North Sea operations 1914–1915
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| casualties |
heavy German casualties
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light British casualties → |
| cause | German reconnaissance and raiding operation in the North Sea → |
| combatantsStrength |
British battlecruiser force
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German battlecruiser force → |
| commander |
David Beatty
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Franz von Hipper → |
| conflict | World War I → |
| countryInvolved |
German Empire
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United Kingdom → |
| date | 24 January 1915 → |
| followedBy | Battle of Jutland → |
| forceType | battlecruiser squadron → |
| historicalPeriod | early phase of World War I → |
| intelligenceFactor | British codebreaking of German naval signals → |
| location |
Dogger Bank
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North Sea → |
| navalTechnology |
director-controlled gunnery
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wireless radio communications → |
| notableFor |
early clash between British and German battlecruiser forces
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use of battlecruisers as principal striking force → |
| participant |
British battlecruiser Lion
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British battlecruiser Princess Royal NERFINISHED → British battlecruiser Tiger → German armoured cruiser Blücher → Moltke-class battlecruiser →
surface form:
German battlecruiser Moltke
German battlecruiser Seydlitz → |
| partOf |
North Sea theatre of World War I
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surface form:
Naval warfare of World War I
North Sea theatre of World War I →
surface form:
North Sea campaign of World War I
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| precededBy | Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby → |
| primaryWeapon | heavy naval artillery → |
| region | off the east coast of England → |
| result | British victory → |
| shipSunk | Blücher → |
| significance |
demonstrated vulnerability of armoured cruisers to battlecruisers
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influenced later tactics at the Battle of Jutland → |
| strategicEffect |
curbed German battlecruiser raids in the North Sea
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reinforced British naval superiority in the North Sea → |
| tactics | long-range gunnery duel → |
| theatre | European theatre of World War I → |
| typeOfEngagement | surface naval engagement → |
| year | 1915 → |
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