Second Battle of Heligoland Bight

Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
	Part of the First World War
	; HMS Calypso at the battle, during which she was severely damaged, drawn by William Lionel Wyllie
Date	17 November 1917
Location	Heligoland Bight, North Sea54°10′N 8°04′E / 54.167°N 8.067°E
Result	Indecisive
Belligerents
United Kingdom	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Trevylyan Napier; William Pakenham	Ludwig von Reuter
Strength
3 battlecruisers; 8 light cruisers; 10 destroyers;	2 battleships; 4 light cruisers; 8 destroyers; 14 minesweepers;
Casualties and losses
22 men killed; 43 wounded; 1 light cruiser damaged;	21 men killed; 40 wounded; 22 (POW); 1 minesweeper sunk; 1 light cruiser damaged;
	Heligoland Bight class=notpageimage\| Location of the engagement

The Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, also the Action in the Helgoland Bight and the Zweite Seeschlacht bei Helgoland, was an inconclusive naval engagement fought between British and German squadrons on 17 November 1917 during the First World War.

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Second Battle of Heligoland Bight

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