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. Most of her guns were replaced by howitzers, flame-throwers and mortars. On 23 April 1918 she was in fierce action at Zeebrugge when she went alongside the Mole, and her upperworks were badly damaged by gunfire. She was sunk as a blockship at Ostend during the Second Ostend Raid on 10 May 1918. The wreck was raised on 16 August 1920 and subsequently broken up. The bow section has been preserved in Ostend harbour serving as a memorial
Picture No
10284510
Media ID
45515768
Size
4585px x 3352px
(2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph
Date
1918
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Badly Battered Sunk Upperworks Vindictive Zeebrugge
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