Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Reinhard Scheer

Battles of Reinhard Scheer

German admiral (1863-1928)

Reinhard Scheer is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1917: 5 naval actions and 2 campaigns, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 21,068 km apart end to end, 3,511 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (7).

Night action at the Battle of JutlandUnited States Navy operations during World War- 1U-boat campaignBombardment of Yarmouth and LowestoftBattle of JutlandAction of 19 August 1916Action of 11–12 December 1917U-boat campaignBombardment of Yarmouth and LowestoftBattle of JutlandAction of 19 August 1916Action of 11–12 December 1917TehranKinshasaMiamiMadridTorontoBaghdadAtlantaAthensCasablancaAddis Ababa5000 km28.350N, 12.050W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 1 engagements1916: 4 engagements4 in 19161917: 2 engagements19141917
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

U-boat campaign, 1914Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft, 1916Battle of Jutland, 1916Night action at the Battle of Jutland, 1916Action of 19 August 1916, 1916United States Navy operations during World War- 1, 1917Action of 11–12 December 1917, 191719141917
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1914U-boat campaignBlack SeaAllied victory
24 April 1916Bombardment of Yarmouth and LowestoftNorth Sea, United Kingdom6,548 km NInconclusive
31 May 1916Battle of JutlandNorth Sea530 km NEInconclusive, see Outcome
1 June 1916Night action at the Battle of JutlandNorth Sea0 km NBritish victory
19 August 1916Action of 19 August 1916North Sea195 km WIndecisive
1917United States Navy operations during World War- 1Atlantic Ocean6,898 km SWAmerican victory
12 December 1917Action of 11–12 December 1917North Sea6,898 km NGerman victory

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, The European Library, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.