On St. George’s Day 1918 the Royal Navy attacked the U-boat bases at Zeebrugge and Ostend, ramming the mole and sinking blockships in the canal entrances. Captain Alfred Carpenter, who commanded HMS Vindictive and won the Victoria Cross, explains the planning, the weather and tide that governed it, and the night of the raid itself.
The definitive first-hand account of one of the boldest naval operations of the First World War. Download the free EPUB.