Action of 16 March 1917

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The Action of 16 March 1917 was a naval engagement in which the British armed boarding steamer SS Dundee and HMS Achilles, a Warrior-class armoured cruiser, fought the German auxiliary cruiser SMS Leopard, which sank with the loss of all 319 hands and six men of a British boarding party.

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Destruction of the German raider `Leopard`, disguised as the Norwegian `Rena`, 1917 RMG PU6814Destruction of the German raider 'Leopard', disguised as the Norwegian 'Rena', 1917 RMG PU6814
    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    eventarmed conflictAction of 16 March 1917naval battleWikidata
    objectwatercraftSMS LeopardsteamboatWikidata
    commonsimageDestruction of the German raider 'Leopard', disguised as the Norwegian 'Rena', 1917 RMG PU6814 Commons