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
HMS Calypso at the battle, during which she was severely damaged, drawn by William Lionel Wyllie
HMS Courageous (50)
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HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy in the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by First Sea Lord John Fisher,
Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
…was sent to attack the German minesweepers as they were minesweeping. The action began at 7:30 a.m., roughly 65 nmi (75 mi; 120 km) west of Sylt, when Courageous sighted German ships. She opened fire at 7:37 a.m. Reuter advanced with four light cruisers and eight destroyers towards the British ship to cover the…
Courageous shortly after completion in 1916
Courageous as an aircraft carrier in 1935
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