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.
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | Action of 16 March 1917 | naval battle | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SMS Leopard | steamboat | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Destruction of the German raider 'Leopard', disguised as the Norwegian 'Rena', 1917 RMG PU6814 | Commons | ||

