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Revision as of 12:43, 18 May 2014
The Battle off Texel was a light forces action near the Dutch coast on 17 October, 1914.
The British light cruiser Undaunted, leading a force of four Laforey class destroyers, encountered four obsolescent German torpedo boats heading out to sow mines.
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Undaunted led Lennox, Lance, Loyal and Legion of the Third Destroyer Flotilla against the smaller and more elderly S 115, S 117, S 118 and S 119 of the German 7th Half-flotilla.
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