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Unit / Ship / Establishment:
HMS Cleopatra
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HMS Cleopatra was part of the force covering a Royal Naval Air Service seaplane raid against the Imperial German Navy airship hangars at Tondern, then in northern Germany, on 24 March 1916 and, during the return journey, sighted the German destroyer G 194 ahead of her. She turned toward G 194 and rammed her, cutting the destroyer in half and sinking her immediately, but the maneuver took Cleopatra across the bows of the light cruiser HMS Undaunted, and the two cruisers collided; Cleopatra returned to base with the force despite the damage she suffered in the two collisions, but Undaunted was so badly damaged that it took her four days to reach port.
Cleopatra completed repairs and returned to service in time to take part in Royal Navy operations opposing the Lowestoft Raid - a German naval bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft on 24-25 April 1916, and was part of the force under Commodore Tyrwhitt that found the German battlecruisers carrying out the raid. Involved in an engagement with German destroyers in the North Sea on 18 July 1916. On 4 August 1916, she struck a mine off Thornton Ridge off the coast of Belgium killing 4 of her RMLI complement, but soon returned to action after repairs. |
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