Had objectives to: Lay down mines, force British ships to chase them into ambush and to force British ships to split up.
- Raid on Great Yarmouth (3rdNovember 1914). 8 Battle crusiers aimed to lay mines and shelled the town. It only killed one man. Although a German cruiser sunk and killed 235, commanders saw how easy it was to reach British coast.
- Raid on Scarborough, Whitby and Hartepool (16thDecember 1914.) 50 minutes of shelling of 1,000 shells killed over 100people.
- British Government used raids as part of their propaganda to encourage men to enlist.