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Citation
There's currently a citation to The Battle of Heligoland Bight without a page number (this specifically). The page in question is only partially viewable in Google Books; the page number is not. The book is available in my university's library; I should be able to get to it on Monday to find what page the information is on. Parsecboy (talk) 02:41, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Type
"Hela was lightly armed for a light cruiser", but we were told she was an aviso. I would simply re-word, but am not sure if she was lightly armed for an aviso. Srnec (talk) 17:40, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
- She was reclassified as a light cruiser in 1899 - perhaps the easiest solution would be to move the sentence about her armament to after that line. talk) 17:54, 12 August 2017 (UTC)]
Max elevation and range
The text says:
- At the maximum elevation of 30°, the guns could hit targets out to 10,500 m (11,480 yards).
The German Wikipedia mantions a 20° max elevation with a range of only 6900 m. As for NavWeaps it depends on the mounting and on the type of the projectile. Which might be right here? --Andreas (talk) 21:55, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
- Good catch, that needs to be fixed - the 30 degree elevation was for the Ubts mounting, not the MPL C/89 mount Hela would have used. Parsecboy (talk) 14:47, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
Fleet training, 1902
On 31 August 1902, the annual fleet maneuvers began. The first portion of the exercise positioned Germany in a naval war against a powerful enemy that had superior forces in the North and Baltic Seas. A German squadron, consisting of the
On the morning of 2 September, the operation commenced.[1] Hela was tasked with sweeping the numerous smaller channels, inlets, and bays in the squadron's area of responsibility. At 06:00 that morning, the commander of the German squadron decided to take his ships through the channel to which Hela was assigned.[2] The "hostile" torpedo-boat screen sighted the German flotilla, but a dense fog precluded effective pursuit by the battleships.[3] However, Hela, the other two cruisers, and the torpedo boats were detached to engage the German torpedo-boat screen. Hela and the other ships quickly "destroyed" several of the German torpedo boats. This prompted the German squadron to retreat northward, with Hela and the other ships in pursuit. The German squadron was chased back through the Kattegat before the exercise was called off. On the night of 3 September, the entire fleet anchored off Læsø island to give the crews a rest.[4]
The following day, 4 September, the exercise resumed. The German squadron was reinforced by several battleships and the
Hela and the rest of the fleet anchored off Helgoland on 8–11 September. During the day the ships conducted training with steam tactics. On 11 September the ships returned to Wilhelmshaven where on the following two days the ships replenished their coal supplies. On 14 September the final operation of the annual maneuvers began. The situation specified that the naval war had gone badly for Germany; only four battleships were still in service, along with Hela, Freya, and a division of torpedo boats. The ships were to be stationed in the mouth of the
- "German Naval Manoeuvres". R.U.S.I. Journal. 47. London: Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies: 90–97. 1903.
Holborn
The Internet archive link on Holborn, Hajo (1982). A History of Modern Germany: 1840–1945. Princeton: Princeton University Press.