Battle of Heligoland

When

9 May 1864

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

54.05° N, 7.85° E

Description

1864 battle of the Second War of Schleswig

Naval

yes

Battle of the Second Schleswig War

The Battle of Heligoland was fought on 9 May 1864, during the Second Schleswig War, between a Danish squadron led by Commodore Edouard Suenson and a joint Austro-Prussian squadron commanded by the Austrian Commodore Wilhelm von Tegetthoff.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Danish-Prussian War (Second Schleswig War): Battle of Heligoland – The Danish navy gains a tactical victory over those of Austria and Prussia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dänemark besiegt Preußen und Österreich im Seegefecht vor Helgoland, nachdem der österreichische Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire navale danoise à la bataille de Heligoland”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第二次シュレースヴィヒ＝ホルシュタイン戦争：ヘルゴラント海戦”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Schleswig-Holstein1 Feb 1864 · Interstate war · Deaths 4,481