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ZEEBRUGGE


Cnock

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There are some very good photos and more

thanks everybody

I can add a pic of a gun on the mole :)

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I may add this is from the Belgue publication 'Large Tom'

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Malte, Harribobs,

Thank You!

Regards,

Cnock

:D

my thanks to you two, Cnock and Malte

these pictures are fantastic, I have really enjoyed them and I still am enjoying them

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Just a reminder that British casualties of he St. George Raid on Zeebrugge are buried in Holland - Vlissingen.

Flushing (Netherlands)- Northern Cemetery

Leading Seamn Ernest Edward HENNIKER, H.M.S. North Star

kia 23/4/1918

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Flushing (Netherlands) Northern Cemetery

Private Ernest Ainger BATT

Royal Marine L.I.

H.M.S Hindustan

kia 23/4/1918

Regards,

Cnock

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In April 1915, the Unterseeboot Flottilla Flanders was in service, after that the small U-Boat UB10 had arrived at Zeebrugge.

The UB-Boats were small size submarines, suited to operate in the shallow waters of the Dover Strait and East England. They carried two 45 cm torpedoes. Built in Germany, they were transported in parts to Belgium and were assembled at the shipyards of Hoboken near Antwerp.

Pic : UB 5 during diving training.

Two corrections. First, the submarine type you are referring to was the UBI class. There were actually three UB classes of smaller torpedo attack boats: UBI, UBII, and UBIII. "Smaller" is a relative term and is in comparision to the ocean going U-series boats. The UBIIIs were actually medium-sized boats capable of operating in the open Atlantic and with sufficient range to get to the Adriatic from Germany.

Also, though the first few UBIs sent to Flanders were disassembled and reassembles in Antwerp, later boats of the class sailed directly from Germany to Zeebrugge or Ostende.

Best wishes,

Michael

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Zeebrugge.

On 28/3/1915 the neutral Dutch steamer Zaanstroom was brought in.

On her way from Amsterdam to London, she was intercepted by U28.

The Zaanstroom transported food supplies, and also French and Belgian passengers, who were considered by the Germans as prisoners of war.

This is a very odd pic. The submarine in the foreground is of the UBI class (UB 1 to UB 17 series) and most definitely not the far larger U 28. And the first UBI didn't commission in Flanders until March 23, 1915, five days after U 28 brought in the Dutch steamers Batavier V and Zaanstroom as prizes. (The March 18 date is verified correct by U 28's KTB.)

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Michael

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Hello Michael,

This is not a photo but a drawing, and the author used his imagination.

I agree with You this sub don't ressemble U 28

Regards,

Cnock

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Hello Michael,

Your post 118.

The UB10 was of the UBI-class and was a small U-boat.

See pic of UB6 (same UBI-class) of U-Boat Flotilla Flanders, interned in the Netherlands on 12/3/1917.

This clearly shows the small size.

Regards,

Cnock.

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Zeebrugge Mole hidden by smoke screen during attack by British monitors.

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Zeebrugge Museum.

It was closed in the late Sixties.

Regards,

Cnock

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Source : The Glory of Zeebrugge and the Vindictive, Chatto and Windus 1918 London

One of the funnels of the 'Vindictive', after the raid

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Cap worn by Captain Carpenter during the attack on Zeebrugge and his binocular case pierced by bullet or shrapnel

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Captain Carpenter's revolver and oilskin.

Piece of Germanshell that shattered the Vindictive's chart-room

Fragment of the Zeebrugge Mole blown on board of the Vindictive by a German shell

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Cnock,

Apologies if I have duplicated any previous views. I cannot see all the pictures posted on this thread as some do not show. I'll withdraw gracefully.....

Ian

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Hello Ian,

Nothing to worry about, You didn't duplicate any pic.

Regards,

Cnock

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