23 April 1918

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Zeebrugge Raid

The surviving British warships from the raid retire back to home ports.

War at Sea

Last major sortie of the German High Seas Fleet, an attempted attack on the Scandinavian convoys. The timing is bad, and the Germans miss two convoys by a narrow margin. Amongst the ships involved is the battlecruisers SMS Derfflinger

USS Cushing (DD-55) and HMS Jessamine take part in the sinking of U-104


How to cite this article: Rickard, J (3 January 2018), 23 April 1918, http://www.historyofwar.org/firstworldwar/daybyday/1918_04_23.html

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