Themes

Conflict and Change

• Introduction

• In Focus: 1900

• In Focus: World War One

  • Surface Fleet

  • Submarines

  • Royal Marines

  • Fleet Air Arm

• In Focus: Interwar

• In Focus: World War Two

• In Focus: Post War Conflict

• In Focus: Cold War Climate

• In Focus: Falklands and Beyond

• Special Exhibition: Falklands 25

Learning

• How To: Understand Propaganda

• Propaganda Image Galleries

• Education Project: Sea With Your Own Eyes

Amphibious raiders

Landings and landing craft

The Great War presented the problem of opposed landings, never before experienced to such an extent by the Allied Forces.

Much of the equipment used was makeshift and improvised. Newer landing craft such as the ‘Z’ Craft, or ‘Beetles’, capable of carrying 500 men made their appearance during the Gallipoli Campaign (1915), they were however, too late for the initial landings.

The Royal Marines really proved their capabilities for staging water-bourne attacks during the Zeebrugge Raid on St George's Day, 1918.

Royal Marines from the 4th Battalion disembarked from HMS Vindictive during the raid at Zeebrugge. (RMM)

Article highlights

• Landings and landing craft

• Gallipoli

• The Zeebrugge Raid

   

Follow the links to find more about -

• Sea service - the Battle of Jutland

• Amphibious raiders - Gallipoli and the Zeebrugge Raid

• Land service - the defence of Antwerp and the Western Front

• Flying Marines