- 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...
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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...
