HMS C3 at Zeebrugge raid, 1918
Illustration from the history of the Great war published in 1919. The obsolete C3 was filled with explosives in order to destroy a viaduct connecting the mole to the shore during the Zeebrugge Raid. An action for which her commander, Richard Douglas Sandford received the Victoria Cross
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Photo credit: © Historical Images Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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