Zeebrugge Collection

Card commemorating Zeebrugge and Ostend raid, WW1
Card commemorating British raids on German shipping at Zeebrugge and Ostend, 23 April 1918. Date: 1918

HMS Daffodil IV on her return to the Mersey from Zeebrugge. The Zeebrugge Raid, which took place on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the British Royal Navy to neutralize the key Belgian port of

HMS Vindictive at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
HMS Vindictive at Zeebrugge, Belgium, 23 April 1918 - a raid during the First World War, designed to disrupt use of the port by the German Navy Date: 1918

Haig Inspects Sailors
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig inspecting sailors who took part in the raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge

A breach in the Zeebrugge Mole during the First World War

A German gun on the Zeebrugge Mole - WW1
A German gun on the Zeebrugge Mole during the First World War

Zeebrugge Mole

The Zeebrugge Mole from the air in 1918

King Albert of Belgium unveiling WW1 Memorial, Zeebrugge
King Albert of Belgium unveiling the First World War memorial at Zeebrugge. 1925

Storming the Mole at Zeebrugge from HMS Vindictive, WW1
Storming the Mole at Zeebrugge, Belgium, from HMS Vindictive, 23 April 1918, First World War. Known as the Zeebrugge Raid, it was an attempt by the British navy to block the port. 1918

British submarine C3 at Zeebrugge, Netherlands, WW1
British Submarine C3 strikes and explodes at Zeebrugge, Netherlands, First World War. 1914-1918

Train Ferry between Harwich and Zeebrugge
The Train Ferry - Boat service between Harwich, Essex, England and Zeebrugge, Belgium. Inaugurated in 1924. Date: circa 1930

HMS Vindictive after Zeebrugge Raid, Belgium, WW1
View of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium, when her upperworks were badly damaged by gunfire

Barbed wire on the Mole, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
Barbed wire on the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 23 October 1918

Northumberland Hussars at Southampton, WW1
Men of the Northumberland Hussars, together with their horses, boarding the SS Minneapolis at Southampton, en route to Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War. October 1914

Hotel de la Victoire & Museum - Zeebrugge

Zeebrugge, landing on the mole, 1918
" The men were magnificent" : landing on the mole from HMS Vindictive. The story of the landing on Zeebrugge Mole was vividly told in the account issued by the Admiralty

Zeebrugge mole fight: marines charging along the mole, 1918
The Zeebrugge mole fight: HMS Vindictives marines charging along the mole, bomb a German destroyer. After escalating the parapet and dropping down to the mole itself

Seebrugge Poster 1912
To England via Zeebrugge. Date: 1912

Zeebrugge raid reconstruction at Wembley
A page from The Illustrated London News, 18 October 1924, showing two pictures of a reconstruction of the Zeebrugge raid carried out by the Royal Navy towards the end of World War One (23 April 1918)

Zeebrugge film stills
A page from The Illustrated London News, 18 October 1924, with twelve stills from a newly released film reconstruction of the raid on Zeebrugge by the Royal Navy on 23 April 1918

WW1 Destruction by German Warships, Zeebrugge
World War 1 Destruction by German Warships, Zeebrugge, Bruges, near Oostende, Belgium. Showing the ruins of the Harbour Wall or Mole Date: 1918

Monument commemorating Zeebrugge raid, Belgiuim
Monument commemorating the three British ships and men lost in the Zeebrugge raid of 23 April 1918: HMS Vindictive, Iphigenia and Thetis

Sphere cover - Zeebrugge raid, crew fix Union flag, WW1
Men from HMS Vindictive during the Zeebrugge Raid pictured fixing the Union flag on the mole before returning to their ship

Zeebrugge - Petty Officer Reed rescuing Lieutenant Alleyn
One of the eight actions which earned the Victoria Cross during the Zeebrugge Raid of 1918. Petty-officer Reed found Lieutenant Sir John Alleyne was unable to leave the conning tower on board

WW1 Womens Joy Loan Day 1919
A souvenir in commemoration of the Womens Joy Loan Day celebrations in Trafalgar Square, Saturday, 28th June 1919. This included a procession leaded by Lady St. Helier and others

Sketch cover - King George V & Albert I, end of WW1
Front cover of The Sketch showing King George V and King Albert of the Belgians stopping for an impromptu snack using a railway truck as a table at Zeebrugge, shortly after the Armistice. Date: 1918

Captain Carpenter VC with Commander Osborne & ships mascots
Vice-Admiral Alfred Carpenter VC (17 September 1881 27 December 1955) was a Royal Navy officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his command of HMS Vindictive during the Zeebrugge Raid

Silhouette of Harwich to Zeebrugge shipping
Silhouette depicting Harwich to Zeebrugge shipping (summer service only)

Men of HMS Prince Eugene at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Men of HMS Prince Eugene clearing up HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after her return from the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium

Landing wagons at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
German forces landing wagons at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, following the arrival of the 7th Division during the First World War. Date: 7 October 1914

Belgium - Zeebrugge - Dredging the harbour for mines following the end of the First World War Date: circa 1919

Aerial view of Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War, around the time of the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

View of Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, post-WW1
View of the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, taken after the end of the First World War. Showing three old British cruisers, HMS Thetis, Intrepid and Iphigenia

Wreck of HMS Vindictive, Ostend Harbour, Belgium, WW1
View of the wreck of HMS Vindictive in Ostend Harbour, Belgium, during the First World War. HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, was launched in 1897, served throughout the war

Sunken cruiser, Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
An American photo of a sunken British cruiser in the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War, soon after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

Aerial view of Zeebrugge Mole, Belgium, WW1
German aerial photograph the day after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), showing the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium

German officers who defended Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
German officers who defended the sea port of Zeebrugge against British attack during the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium, First World War

German torpedo boats at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
German torpedo boats at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: May 1918

Belgium - Zeebrugge - Damaged church
Damage to the Church at Zeebrugge, Belgium, following the devastation of the First World War. Date: circa 1919

Temporary bridge at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
The temporary bridge across the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War

Wreck of HMS Vindictive at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of the wreck of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Second Ostend Raid (10 May 1918), during the First World War

Aerial view of damaged Zeebrugge Mole, Belgium, WW1
German aerial photograph of the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

7th Division and others, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
Men of the Belgian 7th Division on the quay at Zeebrugge, Belgium, soon after the start of the First World War. With them are men of the 2nd Scots Guards and 2nd Gordon Highlanders

View of the Mole, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
View of the Mole at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

HMS Vindictive at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium, when her upperworks were badly damaged by gunfire

View of Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
View of the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War, around the time of the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

Aerial photograph of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, taken from a height of 17, 000 feet in a DHA (De Havilland)

Battered cruiser HMS Vindictive after Zeebrugge Raid
The damaged Cruiser HMS Vindictive (much repaired!) after the Zeebrugge Raid. Early in 1918 she was fitted out for the Zeebrugge Raid

Zeebrugge Mole
The Mole seen from the air

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