[6], Coordinates: 52°34′12″N 1°44′24″E / 52.57°N 1.74°E / 52.57; 1.74, People of the American Civil War by state, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Naval battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, Naval battles of World War I involving Germany, Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Yarmouth?oldid=4639456. The raid involved American Privateers from Salem, Massachusetts attacking Yarmouth, Nova Scotia at Cape Forchu. The Raid on Yarmouth, which took place on 3 November 1914, was an attack by the German Navyon the BritishNorth Sea port and town of Great Yarmouth. At 16:30 on 2 November 1914, the battlecruiser squadron left its home base on the Jade River. Under threat of death, the inhabitants of the town watched as the privateers pillaged their town. Instead, the Germans sought ways to attack British ships individually or in small groups. The destroyer HMS Success moved to join them, while three more destroyers in harbour started to raise steam. Lively—some 2 mi (1.7 nmi; 3.2 km) behind—started to make smoke to hide the ships. The privateers intended to stop the export of supplies being sent from Nova Scotia to the loyalists in Boston. Although the results were not spectacular, German commanders were heartened by the ease with which Hipper had arrived and departed, with little resistance and were encouraged to try again. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. In October 1914, the German Navy was seeking ways to attack the British fleet. German shooting was less accurate than it might have been because all the battlecruisers fired upon her at once, making it harder for each ship to tell where their own shells were landing and correct their aim. The raid took place on 3 November 1914, and was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British North Sea port and town of Great Yarmouth by the German battlecruiser squadron under the command of Admiral Franz von Hipper. The Royal Navy had more ships than Germany, so it was felt inadvisable to enter into any direct fleet to fleet engagement. One British submarine was sunk by a mine as it attempted to leave harbour and attack the German ships, while one German armoured cruiser was sunk after striking two German mines outside its own home port. The schooners took four prizes in the Bay of Fundy and sent three to Salem. Two squadrons of German battleships followed them from harbour slightly later, to lie in wait for any ships which the battlecruisers might be able to entice to chase them back. Lively, some 2 miles behind, started to make smoke to hide the ships. One was to lay mines which later might sink passing British ships. [5] Also, according to First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, the British could not believe there was nothing more to the raid than briefly shelling Yarmouth, and were waiting for something else to happen. 3, p. 3, Naval Records of the American Revolution, Vol.