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The Dover Strait coastal guns were long-range coastal artillery batteries that were sited on both sides of the English Channel during the Second World War. The British built several gun positions along the coast of Kent , England while the Germans fortified the Pas-de-Calais in occupied France .
The Battle of Dover Strait that occurred on 26–27 October 1916 was a naval battle of the First World War between Great Britain and the German Empire.Two and a half flotillas of German torpedo boats from the Flanders Flotilla launched a raid into the Dover Strait in an attempt to disrupt the Dover Barrage and destroy whatever Allied shipping could be found in the strait.
The light cruisers Rostock and Elbing had tried to lead the British ships into the waiting guns of the battlecruisers but upon sighting the German capital ships, the British cruisers turned south. The German battlecruisers opened fire, causing severe damage to the cruiser HMS Conquest , the destroyer HMS Laertes and slightly damaging one light ...
The 1st Kent Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery from 1860 to 1956. Primarily serving as coastal artillery defending the Port of Dover and other harbours in South-East England, the unit's successors also served in the heavy artillery role on the Western Front during World War I and as anti-aircraft artillery during the Blitz and later in the North ...
The naval trawler was sunk in the Strait of Dover by a Kaiserliche Marine destroyer. [4] [2] HMML 12 Royal Navy: The motor launch was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Dover by a Kaiserlich Marine destroyer. [2] HMS Newbury Royal Navy: The Racecourse-class minesweeper was shelled and set on fire by German torpedo boats.
Standard machine gun of World War I. Saw limited use in World War II. Maschinengewehr 15: Rheinmetall: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Luftwaffe Wehrmacht: The MG 15 was at the beginning of the war mainly used on aircraft of the Luftwaffe. After being replaced by other machine guns many MG 15s were modified for use by ground forces. Maschinengewehr 30 ...
German sources state that the fleet had already passed Dover when the coastal artillery opened fire and that the shells landed well astern of the major German units. [53] The coastal guns ceased fire when light naval forces and torpedo-bombers began to attack and by 1:21 p.m. the German ships passed beyond the effective range of the British ...
The Second Battle of Dover Strait was a naval battle of the First World War, fought in the Dover Strait in April 1917 and should not be confused with the major Battle of Dover Strait in 1916. Two Royal Navy destroyers defeated a superior force of German Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boats .