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The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle fought near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea that took place on 24 January 1915, during the First World War, between squadrons of the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet. The result was a British victory, and German naval activity was reduced ou of a desire to avoid the loss of further ships. Additionally, the use of wireless intercepts to determine German battle plans demonstrated the usefulness of a new form of intelligence gathering. However, the battle exposed weaknesses in British communications and also revealed a fatal flaw in the design of battlecruiser magazines, which would result in the loss of three ships at the Battle of Jutland.