What the records say
- When
- 20 Apr 1917 – 21 Apr 1917
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.02° N, 1.48° E
- Location
- Dover Strait
- Outcome
- British victory
- Belligerents
- German Empire vs United Kingdom
Battle of Dover Strait (1917)
Naval battle of the First World War
The Second Battle of Dover Strait was a naval battle of the First World War, fought in the Dover Strait in April 1917. Two Royal Navy destroyers defeated a superior force of German Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boats. Two German torpedo boats were sunk and both British destroyers suffered damage.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributors · names it “Second Battle of Dover Strait”Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “raid du pas de Calais”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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