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Battle of Dogger Bank (1916)
The Battle of Dogger Bank on 10 February 1916 was a naval battle between the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' of the German Empire and the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during the First World War. Three German torpedo boat flotillas sortied into the North Sea and encountered the British 10th Mine-sweeping Flotilla near Dogger Bank. The German vessels eventually engaged the British after firstly mistaking the British vessels for cruisers but were actually minesweeping sloops. Knowing they were outgunned, the British attempted to flee. In the engagement that ensued, the sloop was sunk before the British squadron was able to escape. Although the Germans were victorious, they inflated their victory by reporting they had sunk two British cruisers; but in fact, the ''Arabis'' was the only vessel sunk in the battle.
==Background==
With Admiral Hugo von Pohl becoming ill and Admiral Reinhard Scheer taking command of the German High Seas Fleet in 1916, the Germans began to take a more offensive strategy in the North Sea.〔Chisholm, 1076〕 As part of this strategy, raids and incursions into British dominated areas became more frequent. The Germans sent the 2nd, 6th, and 9th Torpedo-Boat Flotillas on a sortie to Dogger Bank in an attempt to intercept Allied shipping.〔Tarrant, 45〕 Together, at least 25 torpedo boats were deployed.〔Wilson, 120〕
The only British vessels in operating in the area were those of the British 10th Minesweeping Flotilla, consisting of HMS ''Arabis'', , , and .〔Wilson, 119〕 Each of these ''Arabis''-class sloops was armed only with two guns as well as two 3-pounder anti-aircraft guns and were little match to the large numbers of German torpedo boats pitted against them.〔Gardiner, 95〕
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