Second Battle of Heligoland Bight

For other similarly-named battles, see Battle of Heligoland.

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
Date17 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
United Kingdom Trevylyan Napier
United Kingdom William Pakenham		 German Empire Ludwig von Reuter
Strength
  • 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  (POW)
  • 1 minesweeper sunk
  • 1 light cruiser damaged
Heligoland Bight is located in North Sea
Heligoland Bight
Heligoland Bight
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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.