East Coast Curious

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Banks

At sea, our waters are shallow with many named shoals and sandbanks. Some dry out such as Cork Sand, others …
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Beacons

With modern navigation aids Lighthouses, Lightships, Beacons and Seamarks have become a rarity. In the past, however, there were …
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Boats

About specific vessels such as ships, shipwrecks, sailing barges and less obvious vessels such as concrete lighters and forts. Sailing …
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Buoys

Buoys marking our waters are of four basic types. Whilst not of great interest in themselves their names, or the …
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Channels

Our waters are shallow with many shoals and sandbanks. The safe channels have been known for many centuries and some, …
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Charts

I am told there are people who do not care for maps, and I find it hard to believe. Robert …
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Landing Stage by Brian Perry (cropped) aka Bruff Breakwater

Features

These items refer to features in the area such as the Martellos or Walton Castle that are not navigational. Other …
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Nautical

Age of sail terms and concepts, navigation, seamanship etc …
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People

People with a connection to the area or important mariners are, in a few cases, such as Washington recognised in …
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Reference

Some suggestions for reading about the area plus links to a number of older books available for free online. Also …
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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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Selection

Muck and Straw Barges at Waldringfield

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, London was the largest city in the world and road transport was powered ...
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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 ...
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Woolverstone, D-Day at 80 Exhibition

On 6 June 1944, Allied troops landed on the Normandy beaches and the battle to liberate Europe began. 80 years ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Barges and Lighters

Three types of vessels of roughly the same size can be confused: 'barges', metal 'lighters' and ferroconcrete 'lighters. This is ...
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Ferro-Concrete Barge at Harwich

There is a Ferro Concrete Petrol Barge (PCB), or Lighter, in the Harwich area. These were originally built for use ...
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Collection of Posts

Verse

A random collection of nautical verse ...
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Haven Collection

Harwich Haven's history explored through buoys, navigational features and people. Charts, maps of the Felixstowe, Harwich and local sea area ...
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HMS Arethusa (1913) mined cr FI

Defence Collection

The East Coast has always been attacked by the sea and our neighbours. These items relate to that ongoing conflict ...
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Masons (Cement) Barges

Masons Cement Works at Waldringfield from 1860s to 1907. Some sailing barges belonged to the factory,others not. Mud dug at ...
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Barge Collection

A collection of items about Thames Sailing Barges on the River Deben especially at Waldringfield and Masons Cement Works ...
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Deben Collection

There are sufficient Deben items to justify a separate section albeit they are not an attempt to cover the river ...
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Roughs Collection

“the descent, although perfectly safe, was not graceful”. John Posford There are quite a few items on this fascinating structure, ...
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Image Credits and Sources

  • 2016 09 21 15.30.28 1 cr: Bob C
  • masons_logo-: cementkilns.co.uk

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