Action of 17 March 1917

Part of World War I

Date	17 March 1917
Location	Strait of Dover
Result	German victory

Belligerents

United Kingdom

German Empire

Strength

4 destroyers
drifters

8 torpedo boats

Casualties and losses

1 destroyer sunk
1 destroyer damaged

none

North Sea 1914–1918

U-Boat Campaign 1st Heligoland Bight 22 September 1914 Texel 1st Yarmouth Scarborough Cuxhaven Dogger Bank Noordhinder Bank 2nd Dogger Bank 29 February 1916 2nd Yarmouth Jutland 19 August 1916 1st Dover Strait 16 March 1917 4 May 1917 2nd Dover Strait Lerwick 2nd Heligoland Bight Zeebrugge 1st Ostend 2nd Ostend Tondern 24 October 1918

The Action of 17 March 1917 was a German raid on British shipping in the Strait of Dover as well as the harbours of Ramsgate and Margate. Two flotillas of German torpedo boats set out from the coast of Flanders and split. One group attacked the British drifters and destroyers patrolling near Goodwin Sands, while the other attacked the towns of Ramsgate and Margate, shelling the towns and shipping in their harbors. While attempting to fight off the German squadron near Goodwin Sands, the destroyers HMS Paragon and HMS Llewellyn were torpedoed. Paragon was sunk and Llewellyn damaged before the Germans withdrew with no casualties.

References

Newbolt, Henry (1928). History of the Great War: Naval Operations: Vol. IV. London: Longmans Green. OCLC 220475138.

Coordinates: 51°20′N 1°32′E / 51.34°N 1.54°E / 51.34; 1.54

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