W.E. Goodenough

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W.E. Goodenough

British naval officer

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Battle of Dogger Bank
Dogger Bank and the pursuit of the German fleet
…Light Cruiser Squadron under Commodore William Goodenough aboard the Southampton. Beatty planned to proceed to a point in the North Sea some 200 miles (320 km) west-northwest of the German naval base at Helgoland. There he would rendezvous with a Harwich-based force of three light cruisers and 35 destroyers under…
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…Light Cruiser Squadron under Commodore William Goodenough aboard the Southampton. Beatty planned to proceed to a point in the North Sea some 200 miles (320 km) west-northwest of the German naval base at Helgoland. There he would rendezvous with a Harwich-based force of three light cruisers and 35 destroyers under…
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Battle of Jutland
The clash of fleets
…was in progress, British Commodore W.E. Goodenough’s 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron was patrolling south of Beatty’s main force, and at about 4:40 pm Goodenough reported having sighted the main body of the High Seas Fleet. Beatty immediately withdrew northward to lure the enemy toward the rest of the Grand Fleet,…
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…was in progress, British Commodore W.E. Goodenough’s 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron was patrolling south of Beatty’s main force, and at about 4:40 pm Goodenough reported having sighted the main body of the High Seas Fleet. Beatty immediately withdrew northward to lure the enemy toward the rest of the Grand Fleet,…
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