War+At+Sea-+Raid+on+Ostend+and+Zeebrugge

Raid on Ostend Raid on Zeebrugge

__The zeeburgge raid__
 * zeebrugge an outlet for German U-boats and destroyers based up the canal at Bruges
 * British allies planning to sink three three old cruisers //Iphegenia//, //Intrepid// and //Thetis//
 * Commodore Roger Keye commanded attack on night on 22-23 April.
 *  Vindicative was heavily damaged on approach
 * submarine managed to sink viaduct
 * in the end only (//Ipheginia// and //Intrepid)were sinked.//
 * //Aftermath:Germans were able to make new channel//
 * //wasn't effective:two days able to transit submarines through, and eventually destroyers in mid may ﻿ //