What the records say
- When
- 9 May 1918
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 51.24° N, 2.92° E
- Description
- Royal Navy operation to block Ostend Harbour
Second Ostend Raid
1918 Royal Navy operation to block Ostend Harbour
The Second Ostend Raid was the later of two failed attempts made during the spring of 1918 by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy to block the channels leading to the Belgian port of Ostend as a part of its conflict with the German Empire during World War I.
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- 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 “WWI – Second Ostend Raid: The British Royal Navy unsuccessfully attempts, for a second time, 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 “second raid sur Ostende”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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