The crew of HMS Vindictive celebrating the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918 mb-code 2547903 by John Swinton

by John Swinton

Etching Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him

Jack Sheppard is imprisoned in the gate house

'Anglo-Gallic salutations in London

The crew of HMS Vindictive celebrating the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918 mb-code 2547903 by John SwintonThe crew of HMS 'Vindictive' celebrating the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918. The Zeebrugge Raid was an attack carried out by the Royal Navy on the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, used by the occupying Germans as a base for their submarines. An ageing cruiser, HMS Vindictive was used to land 200 troops at the entrance to the Bruges Canal, their mission being to neutralise the German shore batteries. The ship was badly damaged by the German guns when the