| Second Battle of Dover Strait | |||||||
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| Part of the First World War | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Showing_the_destroyer_HMS_Broke_ramming_a_German_destroyer_in_the_English_Channel_on_20_April_1917..jpg) Drawing of HMS Broke ramming SMS G42. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
 German Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Edward Evans |
 Theophil Gautier | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Destroyer leader Broke Destroyer leader Swift | 6 torpedo boats | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Broke heavily damaged Swift lightly damaged 22 killed |
2 torpedo boats sunk 71 killed | ||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:English_Channel_location_map.svg)  Location of battle | |||||||
The Second Battle of Dover Strait was a naval battle of the First World War, fought in the Dover Strait in April 1917 and should not be confused with the major Battle of Dover Strait in 1916. Two Royal Navy destroyers defeated a superior force of German Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boats. [1] Two German torpedo boats were sunk; the British suffered damage to both destroyers.