The crew of HMS Vindictive celebrating the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918 mb-code 2547903 This relates to the decision

This relates to the decision by Disraeli's government to undertake another attempt to complete the mapping of the Northwest Passage through the archipelago that stretches from the North American mainland towards the North Pole

Jack Sheppard is imprisoned in the gate house

by John Swinton

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

Etching Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him

The crew of HMS Vindictive celebrating the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918 mb-code 2547903 This relates to the decisionThe 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