- 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...
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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...
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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...
-
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...
- to FPSOs. A vessel's
hulking may not be its
final use.
Scuttling as a
blockship, breakwater,
artificial reef, or
recreational dive site may await. Some...
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blockship. Hai Chou (海籌) pinyin: Hǎichóu AG
Vulcan Stettin 1896 11
December 1897 24
August 1898
Scuttled at
Jiangyin on 11
August 1937 as a
blockship...
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commissioned USS
Artemis April–October 1919.
Scuttled in 1944 as an
additional blockship for
Operation Overlord. HMT Empire
Windrush 1930 MV
Monte Rosa (1930–1947)...
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their base at
Scapa was
defensively reinforced,
beginning with over
sixty blockships sunk in the many
entrance channels between the
southern islands to enable...
- 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...
