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Revision as of 12:47, 23 March 2020
The Battle off Texel was a light forces action near the Dutch coast on 17 October, 1914.
The British light cruiser Undaunted, leading a force of four Laforey class destroyers, encountered four obsolescent German torpedo boats heading out to sow mines.
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Background
Undaunted led Lennox, Lance, Loyal and Legion of the Third Destroyer Flotilla against the smaller and more elderly S 115, S 117, S 118 and S 119 of the German 7th Half-flotilla.
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Footnotes
Bibliography
- Halpern, Paul G.(1994). "A Naval History of World War I". London:UCL Press
- Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1921). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Fleet Issue. Volume III. Monograph 6.—Passage of the British Expeditionary Force, August, 1914. Monograph 7.—The Patrol Flotillas at the Commencement of the War. Monograph 11.—The Battle of Heligoland Bight, August 28th, 1914. Monograph 8.—Naval Operations Connected with the Raid on the North-East Coast, December 16th, 1914. Monograph 12:—The Action of Dogger Bank, January 24th, 1915. O.U. 6181 (late C.B. 1585.). Copy No. 127 at The National Archives. ADM 186/610.
