Metal Lighter Hulk on the Stour
A hulk (69’x20′ ) sits on the mud in Bathside Bay (drying height 3.8m CD) and has been there since at least 2000. This looks very much like an old steel Thames lighter.
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 the task. These were adapted from steel Thames Lighters by fitting two petrol engines and building the kitchen on the lighter. Crossing from Langstone Harbour to Sword Beach on D-Day, with the 35th LB Flotilla, …
UKHO/Admiralty Charts
We do hold similar surveys of River Orwell and River Stour in the collection. I believe the reference numbers are L4361 and L5429 but will send you the relevant survey ledger separately for you to undertake your own search. If I have identified the correct surveys then I can advise we do not currently have digitised versions. However, we …
Anglo Saxon Fish Trap on the Stour
See STU 067 – A wooden fish trap of Anglo-Saxon date, located to the west of Holbrook Creek in Holbrook Bay, Stutton – Suffolk Heritage Explorer
1943/4 War Department Charts
These were originally in a ring bound set and are not much larger than A5 size. If there is one of the Deben it is elusive. These are from personal collection.
Johnny All Alone Creek in the Stour
Orwell and Stour
Bloody Point at Shotley Spit
Deben and Orwell have Bloody Pint – King Alfred vs the Danes – Martellos – Stone Heaps