French ship Dixmude
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Three ships of the French Navy have been named Dixmude, in honour of the Fusiliers Marins at the battle of Diksmuide
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Battle of the Yser
The Battle of the Yser secured part of the coastline of Belgium for the allies in the "Race to the Sea" after the first three months of World War I.-Strategic Context:As part of the execution of the Schlieffen Plan, Belgium had been invaded by Germany...
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- DixmudeFrench airship DixmudeThe LZ 114 was an airship of the German Navy, later given to France as war reparation and recommissioned in Navy service as Dixmude. She was lost at sea with all hands on the 21st of December 1923....
, an airship, formerly the German LZ 114, lost at sea on 21st of December 1923 - DixmudeHMS Biter (D97)HMS Biter was a Royal Navy escort carrier during the Second World War. She was laid down as a merchant ship at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company yard at Chester, Pennsylvania. Launched on 28 December 1939, she was converted to an escort carrier and commissioned in the Royal Navy on 6 May...
, an aircraft carrier - Dixmude, the third French Mistral class amphibious assault ship.