Zeebrugge Raid 1918
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:34 am
Apollo Class Protected Cruiser HMS Iphigenia pictured c1893.
Ordered under the Naval Defence Act 1889, Iphigenia was laid down in 1891 at the yard of London & Glasgow Shipbuilding Company at Govan. She returned from duty on the China Station in 1906.Along with a number of other ships of her Class, as she became obsolete as a Cruiser she was converted at Chatham Dockyard into a Minelayer. This work was completed by August 1907. She was then based at Dover and Sheerness. In 1917 she was in use as a Depot Ship in the White Sea as part of the British North Russia Squadron.Along with HMS Intrepid and HMS Thetis she was selected to be used as a Blockship during the Zeebrugge Raid on April 23rd 1918. She was sunk at the entrance to the Bruges Canal to try and prevent it being used by German U-Boats.She was subsequently broken up when the canal was cleared. Aerial photograph showing aftermath of the Zeebrugge Raid. British Blockships are, left - right : HMS Intrepid, HMS Iphigenia, HMS Thetis...Date April 1918.
Ordered under the Naval Defence Act 1889, Iphigenia was laid down in 1891 at the yard of London & Glasgow Shipbuilding Company at Govan. She returned from duty on the China Station in 1906.Along with a number of other ships of her Class, as she became obsolete as a Cruiser she was converted at Chatham Dockyard into a Minelayer. This work was completed by August 1907. She was then based at Dover and Sheerness. In 1917 she was in use as a Depot Ship in the White Sea as part of the British North Russia Squadron.Along with HMS Intrepid and HMS Thetis she was selected to be used as a Blockship during the Zeebrugge Raid on April 23rd 1918. She was sunk at the entrance to the Bruges Canal to try and prevent it being used by German U-Boats.She was subsequently broken up when the canal was cleared. Aerial photograph showing aftermath of the Zeebrugge Raid. British Blockships are, left - right : HMS Intrepid, HMS Iphigenia, HMS Thetis...Date April 1918.