Battle of Dogger Bank: The First Dreadnought Engagement, January 1915

by Tobias R. Philbin

Book Overview

On January 24, 1915, a German naval force commanded by Admiral Franz von Hipper conducted a raid on British fishing fleets in the area of the Dogger Banks. The force was engaged by a British force, which had been alerted by a decoded radio intercept. The ensuing battle would prove to be the largest and longest surface engagement until the Battle of Jutland the following summer. While the Germans lost an armored cruiser with heavy loss of life and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253011698
• ISBN13: 9780253011695
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"