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	heligoland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Heligoland (in German, Helgoland and in North Frisian, Lun, Hålilönj) is a small, German, triangular-shaped island approximately 2 km long, though a smaller island east of it is usually also included.
		The islands (population 1,650) are located in the Heligoland Bight or German Bight in the south-east corner of the North Sea, approximately two hours' sailing time from the mouth of the river Elbe.
		Heligoland is located 70 km from the German coast line, and actually consists of two islands: The populated 1.0 km² main island (Hauptinsel) to the west and the Düne to the east, which is somewhat smaller at 0.7 km², as well as lower, and surrounded by sand beaches.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Heligoland.html (755 words)

	Heligoland - Biocrawler definition:Heligoland - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Heligoland (in German, Helgoland and in North Frisian, Lun, Hålilönj) is a small, carfree German island in the North Sea.
		Heligoland is located 70 km from the German coast line, and actually consists of two islands: the populated 1.0 km² main island (Hauptinsel) to the west and the Düne ("dune") to the east, which is somewhat smaller at 0.7 km², as well as lower, surrounded by sand beaches and not permanently inhabited.
		The island of Heligoland is a geological oddity; the presence of the main island's characteristic red sedimentary rock in the middle of the German Bight is unusual.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Heligoland (1320 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Heligoland Bight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The First Battle of Heligoland Bight was a naval battle of the First World War, fought on 28 August 1914.
		1914 The Battle of Heligoland (or Helgoland) was a battle of the Second War of Schleswig fought on 9 May 1864 between the navy of Denmark and the allied navies of Austria and Prussia.
		The Second Battle of Heligoland Bight was a naval battle of World War I. On 17 November 1917, German minesweepers clearing a path through the British minefield in the Heligoland Bight of the North Sea near the coast of Germany was intercepted by two Royal Navy cruisers Calypso and Caledon...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Heligoland-Bight (647 words)

	helgoland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Great Britain gave up the islands to Germany in 1890, and gave up their interests in Madagascar to the French, in return for those countries quitting their claims to the island of Zanzibar in Africa (currently in Tanzania), largely so the British could intervene there to suppress the slave trade.
		Its inhabitants are ethnic Friesians who speak a distinctive Heligoland variety of the North Frisian language(s).
		Mint stamps of Heligoland are moderately priced with no great rarities.
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	Heligoland @ BaseballLiving.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Heligoland (in German, Helgoland and in North Frisian, Lun, Hålilönj) is a small, German island in the North Sea.
		In August 1714 it was captured by Denmark, and in 1807 it was seized by the British during the Napoleonic wars.
		Heligoland matches perfectly the description of the island in the North Sea that hosts the wizard prison Azkaban in the Harry Potter universe.
	www.baseballliving.com /about/Heligoland (1349 words)

	Heligoland
		Heligoland (in German, Helgoland and in North Frisian, "Halund") is a small, German, triangular-shaped island approximately 2 km long, though a smaller island east of it is usually also included.
		The British gave up the islands to Germany in 1890, and gave up their interests in Madagascar to the French, in return for those countries quitting their claims to the island of Zanzibar in Africa (currently in Tanzania), largely so the British could intervene there to suppress the slave trade.
		Its inhabitants are ethnic Frisians who speak a distinctive Heligoland variety of the North Frisian language(s).
	www.fastload.org /he/Heligoland.html (598 words)

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		The Germans were using flotillas of destroyers to patrol the Bight, but British submarines had figured out the times and courses used when the patrols changed.
		After several embarrassing incidents at sea, including a destroyer attack on a friendly steamer and one engagement where a single German light cruiser has put a British light cruiser and 16 destroyers into full flight, the British decided it was time to take the offensive.
		They would then be in position to destroy the incoming patrol, which would be short of fuel with the British forces between themselves and their base.
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	Battle of Heligoland Bight
		Arethusa had only been in service a couple of days before the Battle of Heligoland Bight but despite the risk of teething problems she was so much faster, better armed and protected than Tyrwhitt's previous flagship, HMS Amethyst, that he took the risk.
		British submarine patrols in the Heligoland Bight region in August 1914 had noticed that German torpedo boats patrolled this area supported by light cruisers in two shifts of a day and night group.
		Ariadne was in had been in reserve for several years before the outbreak of war but was brought back into service although by then she was small and outclassed by modern light cruisers.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /heligoland-bight.html (826 words)

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		Heligoland by C. Spurgeon From the September 1867 Sword and Trowel ER MAJESTY'S SMALLEST FOREIGN POSSESSION is the island of Heligoland.
		Heligoland Cut Square This cut square carries the design of the 1875 definitive stamp.
		Heligoland Heligoland is an island located in the North Sea about halfway between the Netherlands and Denmark.
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	Battle of Heligoland Bight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first naval battle of the First World War originated in a British plan to attack German patrols in the Heligoland Bight, of the north-west coast of Germany.
		The raid was to be undertaken by the Harwich Force, under the command of Commander Tyrwhitt, which consisted of the light cruisers Arethusa and Fearless and two flotillas of destroyers.
		Tyrwhitt entered the Bight in the early hours of 28 August and the action began at 7.00am when two German torpedo boats were sunk.
	www.westernfront.co.uk /thegreatwar/articles/timeline/heligoland.htm (319 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Heligoland Bight, 1914
		Designed by the British as a means of attacking German patrols in the north-west German coast, the encounter at Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914 comprised the first naval battle of the war.
		Commander Tyrwhitt was charged with leading the Harwich Force of two light cruisers, Fearless and Arethusa, accompanied by two flotillas of 31 destroyers, 1st and 3rd Flotillas, in a raid upon German shipping located close to the German naval base at Heligoland.
		Acting as cover for Tyrwhitt's force was the First Battle Cruiser Squadron, recently arrived from Scapa Flow and under the command of Vice Admiral Beatty.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/heliogoland.htm (353 words)

	Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War
		In the second half of August the number of reports of submarines sighted at the mouth of the Ems and in the Heligoland Bight increased, and very heavy demands were made on the destroyers to drive them out.
		If it was already known that the Heligoland Bight was insufficiently protected, because our scouting did not extend far enough, this day brought us the knowledge that a determined raid of the enemy against our weak forward patrol must inflict loss upon us every time.
		The unmolested irruption of the enemy cruisers and destroyers and the complete freedom of movement they had enjoyed in the Heligoland Bight must be made much more difficult, as also must the perpetual harassing operations of English submarines, although the latter had not hitherto displayed any great skill in torpedo work.
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	Helioland Bight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nine of the German Destroyers were sunk in the attack and subsequent retreat, with a German Minesweeping leader and Minesweeping TBD (which went down under Alex's command pluckily pouring shells from her lone 4pdr gun into a British Destroyer Division as it swept past) also getting caught up in the carnage as they fell back.
		Andy suffered another two Destroyers disabled, one of which was heroically rescued by the Destroyer Laertes from under the very guns of Heligoland (which fortunately for the British, were unable to fire because of the low cloud).
		The Mainz was sunk by a combination of a destroyer torpedo hit and 1st LCS gunfire and at close range the Battlecruisers sank both the Ariadne and Cöln with gunfire.
	www.brigademodels.co.uk /MWS/ClubGames/Heligoland (1960 words)

	World War I - Wikimedia Commons
		The light cruiser SMS Cöln (I), sunk at the battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914.
		The torpedo boat V 187, sunk at the battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914.
		Battle of Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914: the German light cruiser SMS Mainz on fire and sinking.
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	Abebooks Search Results - Heligoland
		Having already seen action in China during the Boxer Uprising, Keyes at the age of 32, became the youngest captain in the Royal Navy, and by the outbreak of war in 1914, was senior naval officer at Harwich.
		Following the successful Heligoland Bight operations, he was appointed chief-of-chief to Admiral Carden, and his successor Vice-Admiral de Roebeck in command of the Dardanelles operations and later took command of the Dover Patrol to implement his plan for the blocking of Zeebrugge and Ostend harbours.
		Under British rule after the Napoleonic Wars, the ‘Gibraltar of the north’ was foolishly given to Germany in 1890 by Lord Salisbury, despite the wishes of the islanders and the energetic protests of Queen Victoria.
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/kn/Heligoland (1712 words)

	Heligoland Bight
		Heligoland Bight is a semi-circular expanse of water which is part of the North Sea, enclosed by the north-western coast of German and the western coast of Denmark.
		During the First World War a German naval base was located on Heligoland Island and the bight was heavily mined.
		It was the site of large-scale engagement between British and German naval forces, and remained a focus of smaller scale naval operations for the rest of the war.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/place_503690.asp (76 words)

	BBC - History - The War at Sea: 1914 - 1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A battleship is destroyed at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, 1914 ©
		The Battle of Heligoland Bight The Heligoland Bight is the stretch of water off Germany's major North Sea base of Wilhemshaven.
		The battle that bears its name was fought in a confusion of fog and haze on 28 August 1914, when a British attack led by Commodore Tyrwhitt was mounted on German coastal patrols - using the force of destroyers and submarines based at Harwich.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/wwone/war_sea_gallery_02.shtml (282 words)

	Tuesday, January 9, 1940
		A German minesweeper depth charges the Royal Navy submarine Starfish in the Heligoland Bight.
		Following this third incident, British submarine operations in the Heligoland Bight are temporarily suspended.
		Meanwhile, off the southeast coast of England, the British ocean liner Dunbar Castle is minded and sunk.
	www.onwar.com /chrono/1940/jan40/09jan40.htm (134 words)

	Battle of Heliogoland Bight
		On December 18th, 1939, Wellington Bomber squadrons 9, 37, and 149 headed for the heligoland bight.
		This was an unusual mission, as none of the bombers were carrying bombs.
		We meet in the Main at the main knight base and select a target that is under attack and being defended.
	home.att.net /~the_buccaneers/missions/archives/battleofheligolandbight.htm (141 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - 1914-1924 'British interests; British honour; British obligations' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He was fully aware of the potential dangers of being ambushed in the Heligoland Bight by a mass of German destroyers, moving silently and behind a smoke screen, or in low visibility.
		Thus, even with Jellicoe’s protest, the need to send the Grand Fleet to the Heligoland Bight was now made redundant, as the approximate location of the German Fleet would be known, irrespective of the Grand Fleet’s location.
		Nevertheless, the plan to move the Grand Fleet to the Humber was kept in place, as it was reckoned that the German Fleet would move north and that it would be best for the Grand Fleet to position itself between them and Germany, and cut off their retreat.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?p=3263777 (6463 words)

	Battle of Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914
		The German High Seas Fleet was based in Jade Bay, on the short German north sea coast.
		The bay was approached through the Heligoland Bight, the area of sea off the mouth of the Elbe, named after the island of Heligoland, thirty miles off the coast.
		Early in the war, a pattern of patrols was put in place by the Germans, where each evening, a destroyer flotilla, escorted by light cruisers, would arrive at Heligoland.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_heligoland.html (454 words)

	CHATHAM BUILT SUBMARINES: HMS/m Seahorse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Here she sailed on two patrols, the second of which would be her last.
		Leaving Blyth on 27 December 1939 for a patrol off Heligoland and Bight, it is believed she hit a mine on 29 December.
		Seahorse became the first submarine of the war to be lost with all hands.
	www.csubmarine.org /html/boats/seahorse.html (160 words)

	Battle_of_Jutland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Battle of Jutland, known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skagerrakschlacht), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war.
		to damage the English Fleet by offensive raids against the naval forces engaged in watching and blockading the German Bight, as well as by mine-laying on the British coast and submarine attack, whenever possible.
		After an equality of strength had been realised as a result of these operations, and all our forces had been got ready and concentrated, an attempt was to be made with our Fleet to seek battle under circumstances unfavourable to the enemy.
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	The War Illustrated Newspaper World War 2 Battle of Heligoland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Reaching the Heligoland Bight area, there was not a warship to be seen outside the harbours, but the Germans on this occasion seemed determined to teach their aerial gate-crashers a lesson, and set up a fleet of fighters to engage the ‘Wellingtons’ when they approached their objective at Wilhelmshaven.
		In the Heligoland Bight battle the Wellingtons – 100 miles per hour slower than their adversaries, but with five separate machine-gun position, including two in power-operated turrets-were undaunted by the appearance of the ME 110, but were, on the contrary, eager to match themselves against the enemy’s new weapon.
		Max Hastings account of the Battle of Heligoland in his book Bomber Command, is from a different and it may be said, not such a rosy perspective!
	www.gillottfamilyhistory.com /Battle_of_Heligoland.html (1626 words)

	"Gallant Arethusa" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Battle of Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914, was a very welcome victory for the Royal Navy, offsetting the dismal news from the Continent.
		I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that in the case of each ship which was engaged in the recent action in the Heligoland Bight whether damaged or not, the words "Heligoland August 28th.
		Duplicates of this letter are being sent to the Vice Admirals Commanding, 1st., 2nd., 3rd., and 4th., Battle Squadrons, Vice Admirals Commanding Cruiser Force A, Rear Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force K, Admiral of Patrols, and Commodore (T), and Commodore (S).
	www.gwpda.org /naval/arethusa.htm (377 words)

	Mine Warfare: First World War
		Surface minelayers laid fields west of Heligoland Bight to protect Germany's own North Sea ports and inshore operating areas.
		The German mines also affected British actions during the handful of major fleet actions that occurred during the war.
		For instance, fear of mines was one of the reasons that the Royal Navy would not pursue German forces into the Heligoland Bight after the battle of Jutland and hence could not inflict decisive damage upon the German High Seas Fleet.
	www.exwar.org /Htm/8000PopJ2.htm (566 words)

	World War One Battles
		Battle of Heligoland Bight -- Began 0n 28 Aug 1914
		The Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first naval engagement of the First World War, on 28 August 1914.
		With the German home fleet effectively bottled up by Admiral Beatty's success at Heligoland Bight, German Admiral Franz von Hipper decided to launch a raid upon three British North Sea coastal towns using the German Battlecruiser Squadron, comprising five battle cruisers supported by light cruisers and destroyers.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/WW1_Battles1.htm (15644 words)

	U-boat Archive - BDU KTB PG30283 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On return passage to Lorient: U 37, U 94, U 101 which reported the sinking of two ships of altogether 11,000 tons, and U 52 which reported being on return passage on the evening of the 16th.
		Air reconnaissance is still further restricted by the fact that only one aircraft is available every day for about 14 days owing to much needed training of crews for the FW 200.I am willing to put up with these restrictions in order to attain higher figures later.
		A daylight air attack has taken place, in Brunsbüttel at midday, on Route Green in the Heligoland Bight several days ago.
	www.uboatarchive.net /BDUKTB30283.htm (2659 words)

	RAF History - Bomber Command 60th Anniversary
		Much of the remainder of the month was spent on leaflet raids ('Nickelling') and reconnaissance flights but on the 29th another attempt was made to attack the German Fleet in Heligoland Bight.
		This time, 11 Hampdens were sent in broad daylight and the second formation of 5 aircraft, all from No 144 Squadron, failed to return.
		During a daylight attack by 24 Wellingtons on German warships moored in Heligoland Bight, the first bombs to fall on German soil are dropped by an aircraft of No 115 Squadron.
	www.raf.mod.uk /bombercommand/diary1939.html (572 words)

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