HMS Intrepid (1891)
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HMS Intrepid was an Apollo-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy built on the River Clyde and launched in 1891. She was subsequently converted as a minelayer in the latter half of her career and u
HMS Intrepid in her original configuration, 1896 (IWM Q21388)
Ship's badge of HMS Intrepid (IWM Q20181)
Aerial photograph showing the blockships sunk after the Zeebrugge Raid. HMS Intrepid is on the far left.
Wrecks of HMS Iphigenia and Intrepid blocking the mouth of the Bruges Ship Canal at Zeebrugge, 24 October 1918
Blockship
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A blockship is a ship deliberately sunk to prevent a river, channel, or canal from being used as a waterway. It may either be sunk by a navy defending the waterway to prevent the ingress of attacking
HMS Intrepid (1891)
…built on the River Clyde and launched in 1891. She was subsequently converted as a minelayer in the latter half of her career and ultimately sunk as a blockship during the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918. Ordered under the Naval Defence Act 1889, Intrepid was laid down in 1889 at the yard of the London and…
The wreck of SS Reginald, a blockship sunk in Weddell Bay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland in 1915
Cruiser Reina Mercedes, sunk by its own crew in the Spanish-American War, blocking access to the port of Santiago de Cuba.