Monument record MDO28912 - Possible Second World War military vessel, Arne Bay, Arne

A vessel is visible as an abandoned or wrecked structure on aerial photographs of Arne Bay taken in 1952. It is considered possible it could be the remains of a military vessel associated with a Second World War hard located 500m to the south-west (MWX4735).

A vessel, approximately 20.3m x 9.4m, is visible as an abandoned or wrecked structure on aerial photographs of Arne Bay taken in 1952 (1). It is considered possible it could be the remains of a military vessel associated with a Second World War embarkation hard located 500m to the south-west (MWX4735). It was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). This feature is not visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (2).

<1> Royal Air Force, 09-MAY-1952, RAF/540/723 F10 5253-54 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12748.

<2> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

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Jul 23 2013 1:41PM