What the records say
- When
- 23 Apr 1918 – 24 Apr 1918
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 51.22° N, 2.91° E
- Description
- first of two attacks by the Royal Navy on the German-held port of Ostend during the First World War
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “First Ostend Raid: The British Royal Navy unsuccessfully attempts to seal off the German U-boat base here”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “premier raid sur Ostende”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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