Maritime record MWX5209 - Tank Landing Craft 2454

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Summary

A tank landing craft that sank off Chesil Beach in 1944.

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Shipwreck index gives completely different location for this wreck at 50 37' 0"N 2 32' 30" possibly two sites, more likely an error. Heavily broken with angular sections of hull. Winches and engines said to exist. Richard Edmonds July 1999. (1)

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  • <1> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. 78.

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Grid reference SY 6175 7985 (point)
Map sheet SY67NW

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1312

Record last edited

Jan 11 2008 3:15AM

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