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- A blockship is a ship deliberately sunk to prevent a river, channel, or canal from being used as a waterway. It may either be sunk by a navy defending...
- self-destruction to prevent the ship from being captured by an enemy force; as a blockship to restrict navigation through a channel or within a harbor; to provide...
- sunk as a blockship in the Thames 1667 Golden Phoenix 70 (1665) – formerly Geldersche Ruyter, a prize captured from the Dutch, sunk as a blockship in the...
- Danae HMS Diadem ORP Dragon (Polish, damaged in July and then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater) HMS Emerald HMS Enterprise Georges Leygues...
- anti-torpedo bulges in 1913 and was scuttled in late 1914 to act as a blockship across the southern entrance of Portland Harbour after the start of World...
- laid-up in Sevastopol, until on 3 March 2014 she was towed and sunk as a blockship in the channel to Donuzlav lake, in Novoozerne, in western Crimea. A few...
- modified Royal Sovereign-class battleship launched in 1891 and sunk as a blockship in 1914 HMS Hood, an Admiral-class battlecruiser launched in 1918 and...
- 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river Hai Yung class Hai Yung (1897) - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river Hai Chou (1897) - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze...
- breakwaters would be used, then blockships were proposed, and finally, because not enough block ships were available, a mix of blockships and purpose-made concrete...
- longer of any fighting value, and six of this class were converted into blockships to be scuttled in the entrances to enemy-occupied ports in Belgium. The...