- 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...
-
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...
-
Danae HMS
Diadem ORP
Dragon (Polish,
damaged in July and then used as a
blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater) HMS
Emerald HMS
Enterprise Georges Leygues...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- USS Merrimac (1894), a
collier purchased in
April 1898 and sunk as a
blockship in June 1898
during the Spanish–American War USS Merrimack (AO-37), a...
- battleship Gneisenau, a
World War II
battleship launched in 1936 and
scuttled as a
blockship in 1945;
sister ship to
Scharnhorst German frigate Gneisenau, an ex-British...
- and an air raid in 1942,
being declared a
total loss. She was sunk as a
blockship in 1943 and the
wreck dis****d in 1953. HMS
Gallant was to have been...
- 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...
