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Graham

The old Iron lifeboat must weigh a couple of tonnes. It once served a U.S. WWII Liberty ship. It was used locally in the early fifties until a storm in 1953 washed it across Priory Marsh to where it rests today. The boat was stripped and abandoned. After many years, rusting away, it has become one of the features of the Marsh is now enclosed with a fence. It is a sad old relic. The original Liberty Ship that it served must have gone to the breakers yard many years ago and this is the last remnant of a once proud wartime freighter, the name of which is today sadly, unknown.

Strolling Guide

Thanks for your comment, Andrew. I think you must be looking at the old Google Earth Community link I posted way back before the hi-res imagery was available. I have posted an updated set of pushpins to the group but whether and when this will make its way into Google Earth is anybody's guess. The pushpins you can download from this site have had the boat in the right place for some time.

Andrew Teviotdale

On the latest google earth you need to adjust where the boat is. It is about 204 meters on the other side of the track in a northerly direction - quite well defined as the boat. Its still there - long forgotten history.

Strolling Guide

Thanks Malc. Interesting. Presumably it must have been a lifeboat.

malc

it used to have the ships name on it 20 years ago.

Many Thanks.

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