THE ZEEBRUGGE RAID

23 APRIL 1918

WW1 ZEEBRUGGE RAID Philip Warner 1st 1978

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THE ZEEBRUGGE RAID

Philip Warner

A navy cloth bound book with gilt lettering to the spine in VERY GOOD condition. Dust wrapper is unclipped, rubbed at the corners and has a blind one inch tear top left of front but almost VERY GOOD.

1st. 1978
Published by William Kimber, London

165 mm. x 240 mm. 25 mm.
Pages 238

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Blurbs

On the 23rd April 1918 a force drawn from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines launched one of the most daring raids in history. The aim was to block the Zeebrugge Canal, although this meant assaulting a powerfully fortified German naval base.
The raid has long been recognised for its audacity and ingenuity but, owing to the fact that the official history took overmuch notice of the German version of events, has been considered only a partial success. The error of that view is now exposed, for in this stirring account we have evidence from many sources that the raid on Zeebrugge was a complete success and that even the subsequent raid on Ostend achieved much more than is usually credited to it.
The raid is presented from a variety of viewpoints, from the airmen who took part in the preliminary bombing to the motor launches which picked up survivors. The crews of the launches and coastal motor boats were frequently 'amateur' sailors but their courage and skill were second to none.
Philip Warner has talked with many of the survivors and corresponded with others, some of whom now live in distant parts of the world. One of the most graphic accounts is by a man of 91.

Illustrated ISBN 07183 0056 4 £6.95 net

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction

PART ONE

1Why the Raid was Planned
2 Preparations and the Attack
3 The Blockships

PART Two

1 HMS Vindictive and her Crew
2 HMS Iris II and Daffodil
3 The Royal Marines
4 Submarine C3
5 The Blockships
6 Destroyers and Monitors
7 Motor Launches and Coastal Motor Boats
8 The Raid from various Standpoints including the Air
9 The Second Ostend Operation

Glossary
Vessels taking part
The Citations for the VC
Awards and Decorations
Casualties
Index

Admiral Keyes' plan of the British attack on Zeebrugge

Illustrations

Admiral Lord Keyes, painted by de Lazio
The approach to Zeebrugge, painted by Bernard Gribble
Submarine shelters at Bruges
Cross section of the Mole
The German Commander of the Mole batteries and his men
One of the Mole batteries and its crew
Gun captured on the Mole
Storming the Mole, drawn by Charles de Lacey
Percy Dean in ML 282
Vindictive's funnel after the attack
Wreckage on Vindictive
Vindictive after her return from Zeebrugge
Commander F. A. Brock
Engineer Lieutenant Commander W. A. Bury
Captain H. C. Halahan
Commander Valentine F. Gibbs
Lieutenant George N. Bradford
Lieutenant Claude E. K. Hawkings
Captain Carpenter's cap and binoculars
The bridge of Iris after the battle
The viaduct after C3 had blown up
An official seaplane photograph of the blockships
A German air photograph of the blockships
The blockships Intrepid and Iphigenia
A later photograph of Intrepid and Iphigenia
Thetis blocking the port
Leaflet dropped by the British over Germany
Captain Ion Hamilton Benn
Lieutenant A. E. Godsal
Lieutenant Sir John Alleyne, Bt.
Motor launches making smoke
Some of the men who returned from the raid

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