Zeebrugge Author:Barrie Pitt On April 22, 1918, a thousand officers and men set out across the English Channel on the most daring naval raid of the war. The ships they sailed in were obsolete cruisers, fragile motor launches, even 2 ferryboats---a ragged squadron of expendable ships, few of which were expected to return. For this was the raid against Zeebrugge, most heavily... more » defended of all German U-Boat bases, and the ships were sent to die under the German guns.« less