Battle of Dover Strait (1917)

Second Battle of Dover Strait
Part of the First World War

Drawing of HMS Broke ramming SMS G42.
Date20–21 April 1917
Location
Dover Strait
51°01′N 1°29′E / 51.017°N 1.483°E / 51.017; 1.483
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Edward Evans Theophil Gautier
Strength
 6 torpedo boats
Casualties and losses
  • 21 killed
  • Broke: severe damage
  • Swift: 1 killed, 4 wounded
  • slight damage
  • 71 killed
  • 141 PoW
  • 2 torpedo boats sunk
Location of battle

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.

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