Author: Carpenter, Alfred F.B. (1881-1955). British Vice-Admiral who served during the Boxer Rebellion and who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his service in the Raid on Zeebrugge.
Title: Souvenir Program America's Tribute to Capt. Alfred F.B. Carpenter, V.C. Of H.M. S. "Vindictive". In Command of the Naval Raid on Zeebrugge, April 22-23, 1918. Containing an Illustrated Account of the Raid on Zeebrugge.
Description: The Dover Patrol Fund, circa [1919]. [1919]. - Quarto, 10-1/4 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled cream wraps with a black, white & red illustration by R.A. Weed of H.M.S. Vindictive, fire streaming from its upper deck, returning from Zeebrugge. The covers are soiled with a vertical crease down the center of the program. [16] pages, with an 8-page description of the British expedition to "destroy the stone mole protecting the entrance to the canal at Zeebrugge, and to destroy the German submarine bases there and at Ostend and to bottle up the U-boats preying from these points". The brochure is illustrated with portraits and photographs of the battle scarred H.M.S. Vindictive. Good.

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A note printed at the bottom of the last page indicates "Captain Carpenter's Meetings arranged by J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau.."

The British Vice-Admiral Alfred F.B. Carpenter (1881-1955) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his service during the Raid of Zeebrugge. Having served and seen action during the Boxer Rebellion, Carpenter served under Admiral Jellicoe during the First World War. As Commander of the "Vindictive" he led the raid to destroy the stone mole protecting the entrance to the canal at Zeebrugge, destroy the German submarine bases, and land bluejackets and marines to complete the task. Accompanied by the cruisers Intrepid, Iphigenia and Thetis, they came under heavy machine gun fire which riddled the ships with bullets and the assault was made worse by unanticipated heavy seas. At one point, the "Vindictive's" propeller was caught in the nets defending the shore, rendering it useless. An old submarine rammed the mole and its explosive charges were set off as the crew evacuated. Despite heavy losses, the operation was considered a success. The storming party had landed and what was left of the Vindictive limped away. Good .

Keywords: MILITARY; FIRST WORLD WAR; WWI; NAVAL BATTLES; SOUVENIR PROGRAM AMERICA'S TRIBUTE TO CAPT. ALFRED F.B. CARPENTER, V.C. OF H.M.S. "VINDICTIVE"; NAVAL RAID ON ZEEBRUGGE; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; BROCHURE; RARE; THE DOVER PATROL FUND; I

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