Raid on Yarmouth

Raid on Yarmouth
Part of the First World War
North Sea
Date 3 November 1914 Location Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. 52°34′N 1°45′E / 52.57°N 1.75°E / 52.57; 1.75 Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
United Kingdom	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
David Beatty	Franz von Hipper
Strength
3 destroyers 1 minesweeper 3 submarines	3 battlecruisers 1 armoured cruiser 4 light cruisers
Casualties and losses
21 killed 3 wounded 1 submarine sunk	235 killed 1 armoured cruiser sunk
Three British fishing trawlers were sunk during the raid
class=notpageimage| Location of Great Yarmouth

The Raid on Yarmouth, on 3 November 1914, was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British North Sea port and town of Great Yarmouth. German shells only landed on the beach causing little damage to the town, after German ships laying mines offshore were interrupted by British destroyers. The British submarine HMS D5 was sunk by a German mine as it was leaving harbour to attack the German ships. A German armoured cruiser was sunk after striking two German mines outside its home port.