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
Date17 November 1917
Location54°10′N 8°04′E / 54.167°N 8.067°E / 54.167; 8.067
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
 United Kingdom  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Trevylyan Napier
William Pakenham
Ludwig von Reuter
Strength
  • 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
  • 2 light cruisers damaged
Heligoland Bight
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.