Officers And Company Drifter Patrol. Dover. November 1918.
£250.00
Publisher
Photograph by Panora Ltd, 60 Doughty Street. No.3103
Date
November 1918
Synopsis
A brief history of the drifter patrol:from its fledgling beginnings at the start of world war i, by the war's end the dover patrol had grown into one of the most important royal navy commands of the war, performing several duties simultaneously in the southern north sea and dover straits. having bases in both dunkerque as well as dover the ships of the dover patrol mounted anti-submarine patrols, the continuous escorting of merchantmen, hospital and troop ships, guarding the southernmost waters of the north sea, laying and maintaining anti-submarine nets, sweeping up german minefields and laying minefields in the dover strait, and the bombardment of enemy positions on the belgian coast. after its celebrated blockade operations upon zeebrugge and ostend in april 1918, its reputation was assured and was held in high esteem by the allied powers.
Item Description
Rare original photograph taken in front of the Esplanade Hotel,Dover. 29 x 8 inches. Some loss on either end but not effecting images of the patrol , vertical creases due to photograph having been rolled. (see photo)
[Stock No. 29787]
