Table of Data Points

Tag : Naval

1914-11-09Cocos

The German light cruiser attacked the British cable station on Direction Island and was engaged several hours later by the Australian light cruiser

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1914-11-03Raid on Yarmouth

Little damage was done to the town since shells only landed on the beach after German ships laying mines offshore were interrupted by British destroyers

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1914-11-01Coronel

German forces led by Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee met and defeated a Royal Navy squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock

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1914-10-311914-11-07Siege of Tsingtao

It took place between 31 October and 7 November 1914 and was fought by Imperial Japan and the United Kingdom against Germany

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1914-10-29Odessa (1914)

At the time of battle the Ottoman Navy had just launched a major raid into the Black Sea to destroy the Russian Black Sea Fleet and to attack targets on land

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1914-10-28Penang

At the time, Penang was part of the Straits Settlement, a British Crown Colony

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1914-10-17Battle off Texel

The British forces attacked and sank the entire German flotilla of four torpedo-boats

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1914-10-011915-07-11Rufiji Delta

The battle was a series of attempts to sink the blockaded German cruiser that eventually resulted in the destruction of Konigsberg

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1914-09-22Action of 22 September 1914

Approximately 1450 sailors were killed, and there was a public outcry at the losses

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1914-09-22Bombardment of Papeete

French shore batteries and a gunboat resisted the German intrusion, but were greatly outgunned

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