About 2 miles from where I live is the (regrettfully now virtually submerged
in the mud, ) WW2 German E boat that was for many years used as a
pleasure/living boat based at Ramsgate harbour. Ironically it has come to
rest over the last 10 years in the mud banks due to the total
incompetance/indifference of its last owner. It lies at Port Richborough,
one of WW2's "secret" ports, where amongst other things the treadway bridge
links for the Mulberry harbours were built and assembled and ultimately
towed out to the invasion beaches. Port Richborough is now part of the giant
Pfizers factory who of course are the manufacturers of Viagra. (yes we had
thought that they might sponsor and turn it into an advert on the lines of
"Viagra- Raising the "E" back to life... etc etc )
It is far too far gone now to save, it would be likely to collapse in any
recovery event, literally the mud is now holding it together. It is located
just 20 yards from the main Sandwich -Ramsgate road. And there it will
remain.
Kind regards, NIGE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Pavone" <gpavone@thegrid.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 1:21 AM
Subject: Floating HMV Spotted
> I just watched my local (120 miles away) news. They did a story on a group
> that is restoring a PT boat in the Sacramento Delta. According to the
story
> the PT 695 was built in 1944 for lend lease to the Russians. It apparently
> never made it there. I was surprised to hear that only seven exist today
and
> there is only one other, in Texas, that is actually in the water. PT 965
is
> supposed to be completed next year.
>
> Gary Pavone
> gpavone@thegrid.net
>
>
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