Elements of the German Navy (Kaiserliche) and 8 Zeppelins left port on the 24th April 1916. A large group headed towards Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth to bombard the towns (and entice elements of the Royal Navy into battle).
During this operation, the German battleship Seydlitz struck a mine and suffered casualties. Numbers cited are 12 German sailors dead.
The Royal Navy vessel HMS Conquest suffered 25 dead and 13 wounded. The Horus and Alfred were captured by German vessels with the Alfred being scuttled on the 25th April 1916.
In addition, the submarine UB13 of the Flanders Flotilla departed Zeebrugge on the 24th April 1916 as part of the operation. It struck a mine soon after leaving Zeebrugge and all 17 crew were killed.
The British submarine E22 was also sunk along with 2 aircraft it was testing as part of an anti-Zeppelin experiment. 31 crew were killed; 2 of the crew were captured and taken aboard u-boat UB18.
For a list of Royal Navy casualties from this operation go to :
The following is a nice document from 1927 that goes into detail re the German raid on Lowestoft :
http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XVI_opt.pdf
SMS Seydlitz dead :
The following is a nice document from 1927 that goes into detail re the German raid on Lowestoft :
http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XVI_opt.pdf
SMS Seydlitz dead :
UB13 dead :
No comments:
Post a Comment