Bombardment of Scarborough

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bombardment_of_Scarborough
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties over 100 killed
over 500 wounded
gptkbp:civilianCasualties yes
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Franz_von_Hipper
gptkbp:date 16 December 1914
gptkbp:eventType gptkb:marine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bombardment of Scarborough
gptkbp:location gptkb:Whitby,_England
gptkb:Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire,_England
gptkb:Hartlepool,_England
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive in British press
gptkbp:notable_for civilian deaths
first attack on British mainland in WWI
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:publicReaction outrage in Britain
gptkbp:purpose to lure out and destroy part of the British fleet
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Bombardment_of_Whitby
gptkb:Bombardment_of_Hartlepool
gptkbp:result German victory (tactical)
gptkbp:shipsInvolved German battlecruisers
British Royal Navy ships
gptkbp:used_in British propaganda
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bombardment_of_Hartlepool_(1914)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7