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Battlecruisers Assigned Long-Range Support Role

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1914

David Beatty Beatty, 1stAugust 1914

North Sea · Warfare / World War, 1st

Beatty's force is used as fast heavy support for British cruiser and destroyer operations in the North Sea.

Names involved

David Beatty Beatty, 1st

Provenance

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