The Zeebrugge Raid (Dutch: Aanval op de haven van Zeebrugge; French: Raid sur Zeebruges) on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the Royal Navy to block the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. The British intended to sink obsolete ships in the canal entrance, to prevent German vessels from leaving port. The port was used by the Imperial German Navy as a base for U-boats and light shipping, which were a threat to Allied control of the English Channel and southern North Sea. Several attempts to close the Flanders ports by bombardment failed and Operation Hush, a 1917 plan to advance up the coast, proved abortive. As ship losses to U-boats increased, finding a way to close the ports became urgent and the Admiralty became more willing to consider a raid.
An attempt to raid Zeebrugge was made on 2 April 1918 but was cancelled at the last moment, after the wind direction changed and made it impossible to lay a smokescreen to cover the ships. Another attempt was made on 23 April, with a concurrent attack on Ostend. Two of three blockships were scuttled in the narrowest part of the Bruges–Ostend Canal and one of two submarines rammed the viaduct linking the shore and the mole, to trap the German garrison. The blockships were sunk in the wrong place and after a few days the Germans had opened the canal to submarines at high tide. Lessons were learned during the operation that would be put to use in the Second World War.
The ZeebruggeRaid (Dutch: Aanval op de haven van Zeebrugge; French: Raid sur Zeebruges) on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the Royal Navy to block the...
and other general cargo. Zeebrugge has the largest LNG terminal complex in Europe. The harbour was the site of the ZeebruggeRaid on 23 April 1918, when...
despatches The ZeebruggeRaid was an attack in April 1918 on the Belgian port of Zeebrugge to stop it being a base for German submarines. The raid was two actions:...
screen used during the ZeebruggeRaid on 23 April 1918, an attempt by the Royal Navy to block the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge during the First World...
The Port of Zeebrugge (also referred to as the Port of Bruges or Bruges Seaport) is a large container, bulk cargo, new vehicles and passenger ferry terminal...
for the British raiding force to sink two obsolete cruisers in the canal mouth at Ostend and three at Zeebrugge, thus preventing raiding ships leaving Bruges...
reduce the time they could spend raiding. The ports of Ostend and Zeebrugge (partially blocked in the ZeebruggeRaid three weeks previously) provided...
The ZeebruggeRaid involved three outdated British cruisers chosen to serve as blockships in the German-held Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge from which...
was also requisitioned and became HMS Iris II. In preparation for the ZeebruggeRaid which aimed to deny the Germans further use of the port as a u-boat...
Keyes was a veteran of First World War amphibious raids including the Gallipoli campaign and Zeebruggeraid Mountbatten had served in the Royal Navy since...
On 9 May 1918, his ship took part in the Second Ostend Raid, a follow-up to the ZeebruggeRaid, for which he was mentioned in despatches. Ramsay retired...
1918 she was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for action during the ZeebruggeRaid. She was renamed Royal Iris in recognition of her part in this action...
War when he took part in the ZeebruggeRaid and won the Victoria Cross. The citation read: On 22/23 April 1918 at Zeebrugge, Belgium, Lieutenant Sandford...
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and Sir Tim Laurence attend CWGC Cemetery to mark centenary of the ZeebruggeRaid". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 17 May...
during the Zeebruggeraid in 1918 to prevent the port from being used by the German navy. An early use was in 1667, during the Dutch Raid on the Medway...
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(formerly SMS Goeben) and the Midilli (formerly SMS Breslau) launching a naval raid on the Russian port of Odesa, thus engaging in military action in accordance...
The Black Sea raid was an Ottoman naval sortie against Russian ports in the Black Sea on 29 October 1914, supported by Germany, that led to the Ottoman...
converted to a minelayer in 1910 and was sunk as a blockship in the Zeebruggeraid in 1918. HMS Intrepid (D10) was an I-class destroyer launched in 1936...
landing at Gallipoli in 1915. The Royal Marines also took part in the ZeebruggeRaid in 1918. During the Second World War the Infantry Battalions of the...
awards with three awards to two Q-ships in 1917 and four awards for the ZeebruggeRaid in 1918. The provision for awards by ballot is still included in the...
Vice-Admiral Alfred Carpenter (1881–1955), Victoria Cross recipient (ZeebruggeRaid) Charles Cecil (born 1962), video game designer Pat Chapman (1940–2022)...
September 1920, p 218–26 Kendall. The ZeebruggeRaid. pp. 135–136. NARA roll 225 Pic 600 Kendall. The ZeebruggeRaid. p. 256. The Great Eastern Magazine...
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