Maritime record MDO25077 - Landing craft used as part of harbour defences, Lower Hamworthy, Poole

Second World War landing craft used as part of harbour defences. The craft was recorded during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

These landing craft were sunk here in 1946-7 to act as breakwaters for the developing port of Hamworthy. They are visible on the aerial photograph of 1947. (1)

The craft described above in (1) is still visible on aerial photographs of 2008, with three other vessels along side it (see child records). The wreck measures approximately 57 m by 11 m. This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). (2)

<1> Dorset County Council, 2009, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12079.

<2> Channel Coastal Observatory, 20-JUL-2008, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2008 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12674.

Record last edited

Jan 7 2020 4:10PM