Background
A raid on Zeebrugge, initially studied in detail by Vice Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, Commander of the Dover Patrol, as early as 1915, but was first formally proposed at the Admiralty in 1917 by Sir John Jellicoe, but was not authorised until Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes adapted Bacon's plan for a blocking operation which would make it difficult for German ships and submarines to leave the port. The raid was formally approved by the British Admiralty in February 1918 and launched two months later consisting of 75 volunteer ships and 200 soldiers.
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