Nige,
It's not like there's one in every port! Hasn't anyone looked at this with a
view towards building a cradle and lifting it out of the mud? Sounds like a
really NEAT project...
Are there any Fairmile D or Vosper MTBs left anywhere? Talk about the ultimate
reenactment - 37mms at dawn, at 40 knots! The Coastal Defence Force guys were
nuts, modern-day pirates... gotta love 'em!
Geoff
NIGEL HAY wrote:
> 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.
-- Regards,Geoff Winnington-Ball MAPLE LEAF UP! ==> Zephyr, Ontario, Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maple Leaf Up - The Canadian Army Overseas in WW2 http://www.mapleleafup.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment http://www.1cacr.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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