Topic summary
Raid on Yarmouth
United Kingdom
German Empire- 3 destroyers
- 1 minesweeper
- 3 submarines
- 3 battlecruisers
- 2 armoured cruisers
- 4 light cruisers
- 21 killed
- 3 wounded
- 1 submarine sunk
The Raid on Yarmouth, on 3 November 1914, was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British North Sea port and town of Great Yarmouth. German shells landed on the beach causing little damage to the town, after German ships laying mines offshore were interrupted by British destroyers. The British submarine HMS D5 was sunk on a mine as it was leaving harbour to attack the German ships. By coincidence, a German armoured cruiser was sunk after striking two German mines outside its home port.