Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Franz von Hipper

Battles of Franz von Hipper

German Imperial Navy admiral (1863–1932)

Franz von Hipper is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1916: 7 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in Germany (1), United Kingdom (1), Estonia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,199 km apart end to end, 533 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (7).

Night action at the Battle of JutlandAction of 19 August 1916Battle of Heligoland BightRaid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and WhitbyBattle of Dogger BankBattle of the Gulf of RigaBattle of JutlandBattle of Heligoland BightBattle of Dogger BankBattle of the Gulf of RigaBattle of JutlandBerlinStockholmAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsWarsawPragueHelsinkiKøbenhavn500 km55.970N, 11.951E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 2 engagements1915: 2 engagements1916: 3 engagements3 in 191619141916
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Heligoland Bight, 1914Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, 1914Battle of Dogger Bank, 1915Battle of the Gulf of Riga, 1915Battle of Jutland, 1916Night action at the Battle of Jutland, 1916Action of 19 August 1916, 191619141916
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
28 August 1914Battle of Heligoland BightHeligoland, GermanyBritish victory
16 December 1914Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and WhitbyHartlepool, United Kingdom462 km WGerman victory
24 January 1915Battle of Dogger BankNorth Sea161 km EBritish victory
20 August 1915Battle of the Gulf of RigaGulf of Riga, Estonia1,319 km NEEntente victory
31 May 1916Battle of JutlandNorth Sea1,063 km WInconclusive, see Outcome
1 June 1916Night action at the Battle of JutlandNorth Sea0 km NBritish victory
19 August 1916Action of 19 August 1916North Sea195 km WIndecisive

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Ferdinand Urbahns, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.