Zeebrugge Raid. - 23/24 April 1918. - 27 photo's.
This raid, carried out by units of the "Coastal Forces" along with many other vessels, could probably be classed as the modern "Forerunner" of all subsequent "Combined Ops." actions.
The idea behind it all was to deny the "Enemy" forces U-boats and Torpedo boats, based 14 mile inland at Bruges, access to the North Sea via Ostend and Zeebrugge. This was to be done by sinking "Blockships" in the main channels and by the destruction of the jetty, connecting the "Mole" to the shore, by ramming an old "C" class submarine, ( "C 3" ) loaded with 6 tons of explosives, into it.
This action has been described in many History books and no attempt of mine would do it justice, so I will leave the photo's below to speak for themselves. These do seem to be part of a larger collection, so, if anyone has copies of the "Missing" photo's, and they feel able to share them, please contact me via my usual e-mail address as shown below.
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The "Problem". The "Solution".
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Within 24 hours of my adding this section to my site someone has kindly sent the photo's shown below. If you can't read German then you are in the same position as me, - If you can read what is said, then please do let me know and I shall attempt to put the "Interpretation" beneath them.
Sadly, many of these photo's are already heavily "Compressed", and were quite small to start with, but they should still be ok to view.
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