The crew of HMS Vindictive celebrating the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918 mb-code 2547903 Riots on a huge scale

Riots on a huge scale were expected on Lord Mayor's Day 1830 but did not develop

by John Swinton

Etching Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him

Scene inside the House of Commons

The crew of HMS Vindictive celebrating the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918 mb-code 2547903 Riots on a huge scaleThe 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