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Photographic postcard with French and English text showing the wrecked Steamer ‘Brussels’ at Zeebrugge, 1918. The SS Brussels, a former British passenger ferry, was captured by the Germans on 23 Jun 1916 and renamed ‘Brugge’, it’s captain Charles Fryatt was executed on 27 Jul 1916. The British scuttled the ship at Zeebrugge in April 1918. From a booklet of 20 postcard photographs collected by L/Cpl Richardson, 3rd Bn Dorset Regiment relating to the raid on Zeebrugge, 23 Apr 1918. Postcards were created by a French company called Star. The Zeebrugge Raid was an attempt by the Royal Navy to neutralise the Belgian port which was used by the German Navy as a base for their U-boats which was a serious threat to Allied shipping. Associated with the Zeebrugge Raid, World War One, War at Sea (1914-1918) 1918.

Zeebrugge Raid, 1918 (World War One, War at Sea 1914-1918)