Zeebrugge Raid

When

23 Apr 1918

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.36° N, 3.20° E

Description

1918 naval battle in WW1

Naval

yes

War

World War I

1918 Royal Navy blockade of the Belgian port of Zeebrugge during WWI

The Zeebrugge Raid 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.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Zeebrugge Raid: The British Royal Navy attempts to seal off the German U-boat base here”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Überfall auf Seebrügge und Ostende versucht die Royal Navy erfolglos, die im besetzten Belgien liegenden U-Boot-Häfen Zeebrügge und Ostende zu blockieren,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “raids britanniques sur Zeebruges et Ostende”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War I28 Jul 1914 · Interstate war · Deaths 17,000,000