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Image: IWM (Q 20396) Plan of Zeebrugge Harbour and Canal.

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Vindictive alongside the Mole - Charles Dixon

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Exhibition of naval photographs OTD August 17 1918

Aug 17 1918 OTD George P. Lewis takes these photos of M. Kolenkowski, the French Minister of Propaganda, viewing photos at the exhibition of naval photographs at the Princes' Hall, Piccadilly.

IWM Q 28064A, IWM Q 28065, IWM Q 28064

In the background seem to be photos of the Zeebrugge Raid, First Ostend Raid and Second Ostend Raid

IWM Q 20648B

IWM Q 20649 - Aerial view of damage to Viaduct, Zeebrugge, caused by the blowing up of the British Submarine C. 3.

IWM Q 20834 - Aerial view of Block ships Intrepid, Thetis and Iphigenia sunk in the canal at Zeebrugge  

IWM Q 20833 - The Imperial German Navy U-boat SM UC 5 in dock after grounding, 27 April 1916; captured by the British   17 August 1918-08-17

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Lieutenant Richard Sanford VC, commanding the British M-Class submarine C3, during the Zeebrugge Raid, 22 - 23 April 1918.

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#illustration - Lewis Gunner No.1, 4th Btn, Royal Marine Light Infantry, prepares to disembark from HMS Vindictive at the Zeebrugge Mole, during the audacious Zeebrugge Raid, 23rd April, !918. #RoyalMarines #ZeebruggeRaid #ThankYou100

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Zeebrugge Raid Apr 23 1918 in WWI

Zeebrugge Raid

The Zeebrugge Raid 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. … Two of three blockships were scuttled in the narrowest part of the Bruges 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. The British suffered 583 casualties and the Germans24.

Charles de Lacy paints the HMS ‘Vindictive’ during the Apr 23 1918 Zeebrugge Raid

‘The Zeebrugge Raid - Landing on the Mole from the HMS Vindictive Illustrated London News

The Victor honours the Apr 23 1918 Zeebrugge Raid

IWM (Q 49164) “Oblique aerial photograph of the British blockships HMS THETIS, HMS INTREPID and HMS IPHIGENIA in the mouth of the Bruge Canal at Zeebrugge.”

Captain Alfred Carpenter was awarded the #VictoriaCross Great Britain’s highest award, for his actions during his command of HMS Vindictive during Zeebrugge Raid. In this undated pic, IWM Q 20831, he holds the Vindictive’s Black Cat mascots. No word on how cats participated during the Raid.

Apr 23 1918 IWM Q 18887

Royal Navy official photographer takes a picture of the British cruiser HMS Vindictive returning to Dover under her own steam after the Zeebrugge Raid

Production date: 1918-04-23

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HMS Vindictive, sunk as a blockship during the Zeebrugge raid, alongside the mole at Ostend, immediately after the evacuation, October 1918.

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Zeebrugge Raid