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{{Warbox
|conflict    = Action of 17 March 1917
|partof      = the [[World War I|First World War]]
|image_size  = 300px
|image       = Strait of Dover map.png
|caption     = Map of the Strait of Dover
|date        = 17 March 1917
|place       = [[Strait of Dover]], [[English Channel]]
|result      = German victory
|combatant2  = {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
|combatant1  = {{flagcountry|German Empire}}
|commander1  = {{flagdeco|German Empire|naval}} Unknown
|commander2  = {{flagdeco|UKGBI|naval}} Richard Grenville Bowyer, Lieutenant, HMS Paragon.
|strength2   = 4 destroyers
|strength1   = 8 torpedo boats
|casualties2 = 1 destroyer sunk, Lieutenant Richard Grenville Bowyer + <br> 1 destroyer damaged
|casualties1 = None
|campaignbox = {{Campaignbox North Sea 1914-1918}}
}}
The '''action of 17 March 1917''' was a German raid on British shipping in the [[Strait of Dover]] as well as the harbours of [[Ramsgate]] and [[Margate]]. Two flotillas of German torpedo boats set out from the coast of Flanders and split. One group attacked the British [[Naval drifter|drifters]] and [[destroyer]]s patrolling near [[Goodwin Sands]], while the other attacked the towns of Ramsgate and Margate, shelling the towns and shipping in their harbors. While attempting to fight off the German squadron near Goodwin Sands, the destroyers {{HMS|Paragon|1913|6}} and {{HMS|Llewellyn|1913|6}} were torpedoed. ''Paragon'' was sunk and ''Llewellyn'' damaged before the Germans withdrew with no casualties.
==References==
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*{{cite book|last=Newbolt|first=Henry|title=History of the Great War: Naval Operations: Vol. IV|year=1928|publisher=Longmans Green|location=London| url=https://archive.org/details/navaloperations04corb |oclc=220475138}}
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[[Category:Naval battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Naval battles of World War I involving Germany]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1917]]
[[Category:March 1917 events]]
[[Category:Strait of Dover]]
[[Category:Margate]]
[[Category:Ramsgate]]
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