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Description: | HMS Sirius was an unarmoured cruiser which, with HMS Brilliant, was chosen as a block-ship for the blocking of Ostend on 23rd April 1918. Owing to the block-ship commanders being unaware that the Stoom Bank buoy, from which they were to steer for the entrance to the harbour, had been moved a mile to eastward, the block-ships were grounded and blown up to eastward of the entrance, and the attempt to block Ostend failed.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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