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Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Raid_on_Scarborough,_Hartlepool_and_Whitby
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
naval raid
gptkbp:artilleryShellsFired
over 1,150
gptkbp:BritishResponse
Royal Navy attempted interception
gptkbp:casualties
137 civilians killed
592 civilians wounded
gptkbp:civilianTargeted
yes
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date
16 December 1914
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Scarborough
gptkb:Whitby
gptkb:Hartlepool
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
extensive in British press
gptkbp:memorial
gptkb:Hartlepool_Bombardment_Memorial
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:David_Beatty
gptkb:Franz_von_Hipper
gptkb:Frederick_Sturdee
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:purpose
Bombardment of British coastal towns
gptkbp:result
German ships escaped
German victory (tactical), British propaganda victory
gptkbp:shipsInvolved
gptkb:British_destroyers
gptkb:British_battlecruisers
gptkb:German_destroyers
German battlecruisers
British light cruisers
German light cruisers
gptkbp:significance
First attack on British soil during World War I
Used in British propaganda to encourage enlistment
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Battle_of_Dogger_Bank_(1915)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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