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5 unusual facts about I Scouting Group


Cöln-class cruiser

The I Scouting Group and II Scouting Group, along with the Second Torpedo-Boat Flotilla were to attack a heavily guarded British convoy to Norway, with the rest of the High Seas Fleet steaming in support.

Graudenz-class cruiser

They participated in several raids on the British coast, screening for the battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group.

Karlsruhe-class cruiser

Rostock served as a torpedo boat flotilla leader with the High Seas Fleet following her commissioning; her flotilla frequently screened for the battlecruisers in the I Scouting Group, including during the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915 and operations off the British coast in early 1916.

Roon-class cruiser

At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the ships served alongside the more powerful battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group.

SMS Stralsund

Stralsund and the rest of the surviving light cruisers retreated into the haze and were reinforced by the battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group.



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