Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby

Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
Part of the First World War

Remember Scarborough! Enlist Now!, Edith Kemp-Welch
Date16 December 1914
Location
Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
54°41′24″N 01°12′36″W / 54.69000°N 1.21000°W / 54.69000; -1.21000
Result German victory
Belligerents
 Germany  United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Strength
  • 4 battlecruisers
  • 1 armoured cruiser
  • 4 light cruisers
  • 18 destroyers
  • 2 coastal batteries
  • 6 dreadnoughts
  • 4 battlecruisers
  • 4 armoured cruisers
  • 4 light cruisers
  • 2 scout cruisers
  • 7 destroyers
Casualties and losses
  • 8 sailors killed, 12 wounded
  • 1 armoured cruiser damaged
  • 2 light cruisers damaged
  • 122 civilians killed, 443 wounded
  • 5 soldiers killed
  • 2 sailors killed
  • 14 military personnel wounded
  • 1 scout cruiser damaged
  • 3 destroyers damaged

The Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on 16 December 1914 was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British ports of Scarborough, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool and Whitby. The bombardments caused hundreds of civilian casualties and resulted in public outrage in Britain against the German Navy for the raid and the Royal Navy for failing to prevent it.

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