Global Information Lookup Global Information

Dover Barrage information


Strait of Dover

The Dover Barrage was an underwater blockade by England of German submarines attempting to use the English Channel during World War I. The barrage consisted of explosive mines and indicator nets. A similar barrage was used in World War II.

and 15 Related for: Dover Barrage information

Request time (Page generated in 1.4629 seconds.)

Dover Barrage

Last Update:

The Dover Barrage was an underwater blockade by England of German submarines attempting to use the English Channel during World War I. The barrage consisted...

Word Count : 293

English Channel

Last Update:

defeat. In April 1918 the Dover Patrol carried out the Zeebrugge Raid against the U-boat bases. During 1917, the Dover Barrage was re-sited with improved...

Word Count : 8410

Imperial German Navy

Last Update:

First Battle of Dover Strait – 1916. Torpedo boat attack on Dover Barrage Second Battle of Dover Strait – 1917. Attack on Dover Barrage Battle of Cocos...

Word Count : 8843

HMS Nugent

Last Update:

of the Dover Patrol, operating in the Strait of Dover. The vessel was involved in attacks by German destroyers on Dover and the Dover Barrage in 1917...

Word Count : 1472

Reginald Bacon

Last Update:

in the regiment who was marching in step.' Bacon insisted that the Dover Barrage was an effective block to German U-boats breaking out into the Atlantic...

Word Count : 2214

HMS Lord Clive

Last Update:

months as the monitors were used to support British light forces and the Dover Barrage, the complex of minefields and nets in the Channel. Lord Clive was refitted...

Word Count : 3276

SMS V47

Last Update:

20/21. Six torpedo boats (Group Gautier) were to bombard Dover and attack the Dover Barrage on the north side of the channel, with six more (Group Albrecht...

Word Count : 2342

SMS G96

Last Update:

April 20/21, in the Battle of Dover Strait. Six torpedo boats (Group Gautier) were to bombard Dover and attack the Dover Barrage on the north side of the channel...

Word Count : 1301

HMS Garry

Last Update:

anti-submarine patrols, escorting of merchant ships and defending the Dover Barrage. In the spring of 1917 as the convoy system was being introduced the...

Word Count : 1228

SMS V46

Last Update:

deployed to Flanders, taking part in raids against allied shipping and the Dover Barrage, before returning the Germany. In October 1917, V46 took part in Operation...

Word Count : 1513

SMS G37

Last Update:

the English Channel and the Dover Barrage. Six ships of the 6th Flotilla, including G37 were to attack the Dover Barrage, while other torpedo boats were...

Word Count : 1597

List of shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean

Last Update:

Imperial German Navy torpedo boats while defending the Dover Barrage during the First Battle of Dover Strait. HMS Fortune 1 June 1916 A Acasta-class destroyer...

Word Count : 1582

North Sea Mine Barrage

Last Update:

The North Sea Mine Barrage, also known as the Northern Barrage, was a large minefield laid easterly from the Orkney Islands to Norway by the United States...

Word Count : 3472

SMS V26

Last Update:

the German naval forces based in Flanders, in order to disrupt the Dover Barrage, a series of anti submarine minefields and nets that attempted to stop...

Word Count : 2968

Otto Hersing

Last Update:

beginning of February docked in Wilhelmshaven, having passed through the Dover Barrage without consequences for the second time in a short while. Hersing was...

Word Count : 2733

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net