Arrogant-class cruiser
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The Arrogant-class cruiser was a class of four protected cruisers built for the British Royal Navy at the end of the 1890s. One ship, HMS Gladiator, was lost following a collision with a merchant ship
HMS Furious
Zeebrugge Raid
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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 Germa
Arrogant-class cruiser
…Gladiator, was lost following a collision with a merchant ship in 1908, while HMS Vindictive saw active service in the First World War, taking part in the Zeebrugge Raid in April 1918 before being sunk as a blockship during the Second Ostend Raid in May 1918. The 1895–96 programme of naval construction for the Royal…
Graphic depiction of the raid from Popular Science magazine, July 1918
Bruges docks and the approaches from Ostend and Zeebrugge
Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk, Ostend
7.5-inch howitzer (19 cm) fitted to HMS Vindictive for the raid