Chart View
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Sports Data
A selection of information and sources of data useful for local: SailingKayakingSwimmingTopics open in new tab Local Real Time Wind …
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Medusa Buoy, HMS Medusa, Medusa Channel and Lord Nelson
1801 Nelson in HMS Medusa with Capt. Gore is guided by Spence to scrape out to sea ...
LBK6 – Landing Barge Kitchen at Harwich
The fighting men who landed on D-Day needed to be fed so ten Landing Barge Kitchen (LBK) were built for ...
Ferro Concrete Barges (FCBs) Introduction
The first vessels of this type investigated turned out to be metal lighters: I'd been passing them for years assuming ...
Foulger’s Gat
Foulger's Gat, pronounced 'Fullgers' is a swatchway across the Long Sand connecting the Black Deep to the Knock Deep. It ...
D-Day Deception Fleet – Deben
Dummy Landing Craft were built at Waldringfield and moored on the Deben before D-Day to deceive the Nazis. These were ...
Cutler and Redbeard Sands
Nowadays we are familiar with Cutler Sand as a 2m shoal about one and a half miles off Bawdsey Cliff, ...
Edward Fitzgerald and Yacht Scandal
Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883) was from a wealthy family and a gentleman of leisure. Known primarily for his translation of a ...
Bawdsey and Alderton Churches
Both Bawdsey and Alderton church towers were once used for navigation. Alderton's spire collapsed in 1821, killing a cow! So, ...
Waldringfield’s Mystery Cuttings
Cuttings in saltmarsh - none similar - purpose not known ...
Collections of Posts
Haven Collection
Harwich Haven's history explored through buoys, navigational features and people. Charts, maps of the Felixstowe, Harwich and local sea area ...
Defence Collection
The East Coast has always been under attack by the sea and our neighbours. These items relate to that ongoing ...
Masons (Cement) Barges
Masons Cement Works at Waldringfield from 1860s to 1907. Some sailing barges belonged to the factory,others not. Mud dug at ...
Barge Collection
A collection of items about Thames Sailing Barges on the River Deben especially at Waldringfield and Masons Cement Works ...
Deben Collection
There are sufficient Deben items to justify a separate section albeit they are not an attempt to cover the river ...
Roughs Collection
“the descent, although perfectly safe, was not graceful”. John Posford There are quite a few items on this fascinating structure, ...
Image Credits and Sources
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