What the records say
- When
- 26 Oct 1916 – 27 Oct 1916
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.05° N, 1.60° E
- Description
- 1916 naval battle of World War I
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War I
Battle of Dover Strait (1916)
Naval battle of World War I
The Battle of Dover Strait that occurred on 26–27 October 1916 was a naval battle of the First World War between Great Britain and the German Empire. Two and a half flotillas of German torpedo boats from the Flanders Flotilla launched a raid into the Dover Strait in an attempt to disrupt the Dover Barrage and destroy whatever Allied shipping could be found in the strait.
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