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    The Dover Patrol and later known as the Dover Patrol Force was a Royal Navy command of the First World War, notable for its involvement in the Zeebrugge...
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    The Dover Patrol Monuments are a trio of war memorials designed by Sir Aston Webb to commemorate the Royal Navy's Dover Patrol of the First World War....
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    Churchill and made Commander-in-Chief, Dover, replacing Rear-Admiral Horace Hood. Bacon became commander of the Dover Patrol in April 1915. Seeking to recapture...
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    description of the engines by Admiral Reginald Bacon, commander of the Dover Patrol from April 1915, shows how fault-prone they were: "Reliability both in...
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    forming a cliff that is topped by the obelisk of the Dover Patrol Monument, commemorating the Dover Patrol which kept the Channel free from U-boats during...
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  • Commanding the Dover Patrol and Senior Naval Officer Commanding, Dover, with the short title "Rear-Admiral, Dover Patrol". The Dover Patrol operated continuously...
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    Plans at the Admiralty and then took command of the Dover Patrol: he altered tactics and the Dover Patrol sank five U-boats in the first month after implementation...
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    M28 served in the Dover Patrol from 1915 to 1918. The remainder served in the Mediterranean from 1915, with M23 joining the Dover Patrol in June 1917 and...
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    years of the war as part of the Dover Patrol. She sank the German U-boat UC-50 in February 1918, while she was on patrol in the English Channel. In late...
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  • landform in St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent. The Dover Patrol Monument is located here. "The Dover Patrol Monument (War Memorial) and associated railed surround...
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    part of the Dover Patrol off the Belgian coast. Promoted to commander on 30 June 1916, in October 1917 he took command of another Dover Patrol vessel, the...
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    the rest of their careers. They were initially sent to serve on the Dover Patrol, which was responsible for protecting the shipping routes around France...
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    averted defeat. In April 1918 the Dover Patrol carried out the Zeebrugge Raid against the U-boat bases. During 1917, the Dover Barrage was re-sited with improved...
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    meet the objectives required to begin the attack. In April 1918, the Dover Patrol raided Zeebrugge to sink blockships in the canal entrance to trap U-boats...
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    raids against ships anchored in the Downs. Royal Navy vessels of the Dover Patrol were often tasked with guarding the area at night to discourage the enemy...
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    from the Flanders Flotilla launched a raid into the Dover Strait in an attempt to disrupt the Dover Barrage and destroy whatever Allied shipping could...
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    armed ships of the Dover Patrol in the Strait of Dover, English Channel. By the beginning of 1918 a deep mine barrage across the Dover Strait from Folkestone...
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    restored and is open to public. "HMS M.33". Bacon, Reginald (1919). The Dover Patrol 1915-1917. (2 vols.). New York: George H. Doran Co. Vol. 1 • Vol. 2 Buxton...
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    handle the stress of firing. Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, commander of the Dover Patrol, conceived a plan to mount two guns inside the shell of the Palace Hotel...
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    media related to Marshal Ney-class monitors. Bacon, Reginald (1919). The Dover Patrol 1915-1917. (2 vols.). New York: George H. Doran Co. Vol. 1 • Vol. 2 Buxton...
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    Channel bombarding German positions along the Belgian coast as part of the Dover Patrol, often serving as a flagship. She participated in the failed First Ostend...
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    squadron was assigned to the Channel Fleet. After operations with the Dover Patrol, she served in the Dardanelles Campaign in support of the Allied landings...
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    media related to Abercrombie class monitor. Bacon, Reginald (1919). The Dover Patrol 1915-1917. (2 vols.). New York: George H. Doran Co. Vol. 1 • Vol. 2 Buxton...
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    the first resistance made to British arms in New York in August 1776. Dover Patrol Naval War Memorial: features a monument that was gifted by Sir Ashton...
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  • torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She served with the Dover Patrol in the First World War. Kangaroo was laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding...
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    or Lethercote Point), where there is the Dover Patrol Monument war memorial commemorating the Dover Patrol. According to the International Hydrographic...
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    next two years Lightoller served with the Falcon on the "Dover patrol", protecting the Dover straits and engaging German destroyers conducting night time...
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    was the last of her class to complete, and arrived at Dover for service with The Dover Patrol on 12 November. Her sister-ships had already performed...
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    ISBN 978-0-14-311818-3. Retrieved 10 February 2012. Bacon, Reginald (1919). The Dover Patrol 1915-1917. (2 vols.). New York: George H. Doran Co. Vol. 1 • Vol. 2 Buxton...
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    Grand Fleet and taking part at the Battle of Jutland, serving in the Dover Patrol and spending the latter part of the war as a convoy escort. She was sold...
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