Regulars
After the Mersey ferries, Iris and Daffodil, and the cruiser Vindictive, had berthed against the Zeebrugge Mole during the raid in April 1918, the storming parties had to silence the German battery before the blockships arrived – but, as Robert Mitchell explains, the British ships had not reached the targeted position and the marines and sailors were faced with an impossible task.
STORMING ZEEBRUGGE
