The action off Lerwick (/ˈlɛrɪk/, "Lerrick") was a naval engagement on 17 October 1917 fought in the North Sea during the First World War. The German light...

the Lerwick raid, the Admiralstab considered sending Brummer and Bremse on a commerce raiding mission into the Atlantic. They were to operate off the...

replaced by FK Edmund Schulz. The success of the two ships in the action off Lerwick led the British to commit heavier escorts to the convoys to Norway...

against convoys sailing on the Scandinavian convoy route from Norway to Lerwick (/ˈlɛrɪk/, Lerrick) in the Shetland Islands during the First World War...

the German Brummer-class cruisers SMS Brummer and SMS Bremse (the action off Lerwick) against the Scandinavian Convoy. (During 1917, six U-boats were sunk...

century BC to piracy off the coast of Somalia in the 21st century. If a battle has no commonly used name it is referred to as "Action of (date)" within the...

destroyer sunk on 17 October 1917 approximately 70 miles east of Lerwick in an action off Lerwick while escorting a convoy of 12 merchant ships from Norway....

SMS Bremse about 70 nautical miles (130 km) east of Lerwick in the Shetland Islands in the Action off Lerwick. Narva  United Kingdom 22 December 1957 A cargo...

merchant ships, two destroyers, and two armed trawlers. In the ensuing action off Lerwick, the German ships quickly sank the escorting destroyers and nine of...

mass," Lerwick said. "You want to make sure when you fire your weapon the bullet strikes its intended target. On a person, that's the torso," Lerwick also...