Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty

Battles of David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty

Royal Navy officer (1871-1936)

David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1916: 1 battle and 6 naval actions across 2 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (3), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,764 km apart end to end, 294 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 YarmouthRaid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and WhitbyBattle of Dogger BankBombardment of Yarmouth and LowestoftBattle of Heligoland Bightraid on YarmouthRaid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and WhitbyBattle of Dogger BankBombardment of Yarmouth and LowestoftAmsterdamBremenNottinghamMiddlesbroughCoventryHaarlemKingston upon HullOsnabrückGroningenNorwich200 km54.635N, 3.956E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 3 engagements3 in 19141915: 1 engagements1916: 3 engagements3 in 191619141916
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Heligoland Bight, 1914raid on Yarmouth, 1914Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, 1914Battle of Dogger Bank, 1915Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft, 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
1914raid on YarmouthGreat Yarmouth, United Kingdom423 km SWInconclusive
16 December 1914Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and WhitbyHartlepool, United Kingdom210 km NWGerman victory
24 January 1915Battle of Dogger BankNorth Sea161 km EBritish victory
24 April 1916Bombardment of Yarmouth and LowestoftNorth Sea, United Kingdom246 km SInconclusive
1 June 1916Night action at the Battle of JutlandNorth Sea530 km NEBritish 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, Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.