Underwater blockade of the English Channel against German submarines during WWI
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.
The DoverBarrage was an underwater blockade by England of German submarines attempting to use the English Channel during World War I. The barrage consisted...
defeat. In April 1918 the Dover Patrol carried out the Zeebrugge Raid against the U-boat bases. During 1917, the DoverBarrage was re-sited with improved...
First Battle of Dover Strait – 1916. Torpedo boat attack on DoverBarrage Second Battle of Dover Strait – 1917. Attack on DoverBarrage Battle of Cocos...
of the Dover Patrol, operating in the Strait of Dover. The vessel was involved in attacks by German destroyers on Dover and the DoverBarrage in 1917...
in the regiment who was marching in step.' Bacon insisted that the DoverBarrage was an effective block to German U-boats breaking out into the Atlantic...
months as the monitors were used to support British light forces and the DoverBarrage, the complex of minefields and nets in the Channel. Lord Clive was refitted...
20/21. Six torpedo boats (Group Gautier) were to bombard Dover and attack the DoverBarrage on the north side of the channel, with six more (Group Albrecht...
April 20/21, in the Battle of Dover Strait. Six torpedo boats (Group Gautier) were to bombard Dover and attack the DoverBarrage on the north side of the channel...
anti-submarine patrols, escorting of merchant ships and defending the DoverBarrage. In the spring of 1917 as the convoy system was being introduced the...
deployed to Flanders, taking part in raids against allied shipping and the DoverBarrage, before returning the Germany. In October 1917, V46 took part in Operation...
the English Channel and the DoverBarrage. Six ships of the 6th Flotilla, including G37 were to attack the DoverBarrage, while other torpedo boats were...
Imperial German Navy torpedo boats while defending the DoverBarrage during the First Battle of Dover Strait. HMS Fortune 1 June 1916 A Acasta-class destroyer...
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...
the German naval forces based in Flanders, in order to disrupt the DoverBarrage, a series of anti submarine minefields and nets that attempted to stop...
beginning of February docked in Wilhelmshaven, having passed through the DoverBarrage without consequences for the second time in a short while. Hersing was...