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| rdfs:label | - Battle of Dogger Bank (1916)
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| rdfs:comment | - The Battle of Dogger Bank on 10 February 1916 was a naval battle between the Kaiserliche Marine of the German Empire and the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during the First World War. Three German torpedo boat flotillas sortied into the North Sea and encountered the British 10th Mine-sweeping Flotilla near Dogger Bank. The German vessels at first hesitated, mistaking the British ships for cruisers, but eventually decided to engage them. The British vessels were actually minesweeping sloops and attempted to flee. In the engagement that ensued, the sloop HMS Arabis was sunk before the British squadron was able to escape. Although the Germans were victorious, they inflated their victory by reporting they had sunk two British cruisers; in fact, the only vessel sunk was Arabis.
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| Commander | - unknown
- Robert Raymond Hallowell-Carew
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| Place | - off Dogger Bank, North Sea
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| abstract | - The Battle of Dogger Bank on 10 February 1916 was a naval battle between the Kaiserliche Marine of the German Empire and the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during the First World War. Three German torpedo boat flotillas sortied into the North Sea and encountered the British 10th Mine-sweeping Flotilla near Dogger Bank. The German vessels at first hesitated, mistaking the British ships for cruisers, but eventually decided to engage them. The British vessels were actually minesweeping sloops and attempted to flee. In the engagement that ensued, the sloop HMS Arabis was sunk before the British squadron was able to escape. Although the Germans were victorious, they inflated their victory by reporting they had sunk two British cruisers; in fact, the only vessel sunk was Arabis.
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