Naval History battles OF WW1
This section contains details of the major actions fought at sea during the First
World War and includes the greatest naval action of the war.
The Battle of Heligoland Bight
Designed by the British like a way to attack German patrols in the north-west coast of Germany, in the meeting of Heligoland Bight the first World war 1 battle was made.
The Battle of Coronel
The naval battle off the coast of central Chile, at Coronel, the British admiralty aware into action once news of the complete destruction of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock's squadron by German Admiral Spee filtered through.
The Battle of the Falkland Islands
British naval victory over the Imperial German Navy.
Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
The First High Seas Fleet Scouting Group, commanded by Admiral Franz von Hipper, unleashed a bombardment of the North Sea English seaports of Hartlepool, West Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough.
The Battle of Dogger Bank
With the submarine Germany war strongly progressed and the German home fleet effectively repressed for the success up by Admiral Beatty's, at Heligoland Bight, German Admiral Franz von Hipper decided to launch a raid upon three British North Sea costal towns by the German Battle cruiser Squadron, comprising five battle cruisers supported by light cruisers and destroyers.
The Battle of Jutland
The greatest naval battle of the First World War. Jutland had all the ingredients to be a great British naval victory, but in the event the result was much less clean.
The Battle of Otranto Straits
Having mounted a series of on going assaults upon the Allied Otranto Barrage in the Mediterranean usually whenever one of their submarines was lost to an unknown cause.
The Raid on Zeebrugge
Planned to neutralize the key Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend, both used by the German Navy as a base for submarines and light shipping.
Designed by the British like a way to attack German patrols in the north-west coast of Germany, in the meeting of Heligoland Bight the first World war 1 battle was made.
The Battle of Coronel
The naval battle off the coast of central Chile, at Coronel, the British admiralty aware into action once news of the complete destruction of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock's squadron by German Admiral Spee filtered through.
The Battle of the Falkland Islands
British naval victory over the Imperial German Navy.
Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
The First High Seas Fleet Scouting Group, commanded by Admiral Franz von Hipper, unleashed a bombardment of the North Sea English seaports of Hartlepool, West Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough.
The Battle of Dogger Bank
With the submarine Germany war strongly progressed and the German home fleet effectively repressed for the success up by Admiral Beatty's, at Heligoland Bight, German Admiral Franz von Hipper decided to launch a raid upon three British North Sea costal towns by the German Battle cruiser Squadron, comprising five battle cruisers supported by light cruisers and destroyers.
The Battle of Jutland
The greatest naval battle of the First World War. Jutland had all the ingredients to be a great British naval victory, but in the event the result was much less clean.
The Battle of Otranto Straits
Having mounted a series of on going assaults upon the Allied Otranto Barrage in the Mediterranean usually whenever one of their submarines was lost to an unknown cause.
The Raid on Zeebrugge
Planned to neutralize the key Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend, both used by the German Navy as a base for submarines and light shipping.