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
Date 17 November 1917 Location Heligoland Bight, North Sea 54°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
3 battlecruisers 8 light cruisers 10 destroyers	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 prisoners of war 1 minesweeper sunk 1 light cruiser damaged
Heligoland Bight class=notpageimage| 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.