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1914
August
28
Battle of Heligoland Bight
On 28 August 1914 British ships surprised the Germans off Heligoland. They sank three light cruisers and a torpedo boat without losing a single ship.
1915
January
24
Battle of Dogger Bank
On 24 January 1915 Beatty's battlecruisers intercepted Hipper's squadron in the North Sea. The German cruiser Blücher was sunk; the other Germans escaped.
1916
November
29
Beatty takes command of the Grand Fleet
On 29 November 1916 Balfour told the Commons that Jellicoe would be First Sea Lord and that David Beatty, hero of Jutland, had taken command of the Grand Fleet.
1917
November
17
Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
On 17 November 1917 British cruisers surprised German minesweepers in the Heligoland Bight. The chase was ended by minefields and two German battleships.
December
07
American battleships join the Grand Fleet
On 7 December 1917 Rear Admiral Rodman's four American dreadnoughts entered Scapa Flow. They joined the Grand Fleet as the 6th Battle Squadron.
1918
November
15
The cruiser Königsberg in the Firth of Forth
On 15 November 1918 the cruiser Königsberg brought Rear-Admiral Meurer to the Firth of Forth to agree with Beatty how Germany would hand over its fleet.
21
Internment of the High Seas Fleet
On 21 November 1918 the Grand Fleet met the High Seas Fleet and escorted 70 German warships into the Firth of Forth, from where they went on to Scapa Flow.