Franz von Hipper

…German squadron under Admiral von Hipper in its third attempt on the English coastal towns. In a running fight, the rear German battle cruiser “Blücher” was sunk by British gunfire. This action was known as the Battle of the Dogger Bank.

Franz von Hipper would command a scouting group consisting of the battle cruisers Lützow, Derfflinger, Seydlitz, Moltke, and Von der Tann, accompanied by four light cruisers. Hipper’s fleet was to steam north from Wilhelmshaven to a point off the Norwegian coastline. This force would be…

…under the command of Admiral Franz von Hipper: they bombarded several British towns and then made their way home safely. Hipper’s next sortie, however, was intercepted on its way out: on January 24, 1915, in the Battle of the Dogger Bank, the German cruiser Blücher was sunk and two other…

Franz von Hipper approached close to the British coast, while the British, acting on reconnaissance reports, mustered four squadrons to intercept them in the open sea to the east.