Zeebrugge Mole

The great curving stone-and-concrete breakwater at Zeebrugge, about 1.8 km long, that sheltered the harbor and carried a German shore battery during the First World War. It was the diversionary objective of the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918: HMS Vindictive ran alongside the seaward face to land Royal Marines and bluejackets, and an old submarine, C3, packed with explosives, was rammed under the viaduct that linked the Mole to the shore and blown up to cut off German reinforcements while blockships were scuttled in the canal mouth.