Battle of Dover Strait (1917)
| Second Battle of Dover Strait | |||||||
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| Part of the First World War | |||||||
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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HMS Broke HMS Swift | 6 torpedo boats | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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22 killed Broke: severe damage Swift: slight damage |
71 killed 2 torpedo boats sunk | ||||||
The Second Battle of Dover Strait was a naval battle of the First World War, fought in the Dover Strait in April 1917 (not the Battle of Dover Strait of 1916). Two Royal Navy destroyers defeated a superior force of German Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boats. Two German torpedo boats were sunk and both British destroyers suffered damage.