EAW030927 ENGLAND (1950). Falmouth Docks, the Inner Harbour and the Penryn River, Falmouth, from the south-east, 1950
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| Title | [EAW030927] Falmouth Docks, the Inner Harbour and the Penryn River, Falmouth, from the south-east, 1950 |
| Reference | EAW030927 |
| Date | 11-July-1950 |
| Link | |
| Place name | FALMOUTH |
| Parish | FALMOUTH |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 182105, 32341 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -5.050451601662, 50.150396064974 |
| National Grid Reference | SW821323 |
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 2ndWW Observation Minefield Control Tower-Type E, Extended Defences Officer Post. This was used by a Naval Officer to control the use of the electrically fired minefield used as part of the protection for the port. |
redmist |
Monday 21st of November 2022 08:52:03 PM |
| Arwenack Manor - used as accommodation for RAF Air Sea Rescue Crews. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 10:25:35 PM |
| East Bastion - In 1942 the underground ammunition stores were converted to the Castle's Battery Plotting Room. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 10:21:27 PM |
| Company Office & Store. Used as office for Master Gunner Vic Heggie during part of WW2. Was demolished sometime between 1956 and 1965. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 10:10:53 PM |
| Barrage Balloon - known as Site 33. On the broad part of the Prince of Wales Pier. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 10:06:58 PM |
| HMS Forte IV - Coastlines Wharf. MTB base. From here the St Nazaire Raid was launched. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 10:05:39 PM |
| HMS Forte III in Taylor's Garage (now Trago) - offices for shipping. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 10:04:23 PM |
| The site of the US Navy camp at the Beacon is here having a school built on it in 1950. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 10:02:39 PM |
| Falmouth Hotel, Cliff Road. "Something very secret went on on the top floor." Constant stream of high-ranking officers in transit. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 10:01:07 PM |
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Class31 |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 10:51:29 PM |
| HMS Forte II in Imperial Hotel, Bar Road. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:59:26 PM |
| Nissen hut - used to train gun group commanders of 6 and 12 pdr batteries to communicate effectively with gun detachments. Contained seascape and dummy equipment. Demolished 1957. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:57:32 PM |
| C2 Oil Storage Depot built in 1940 by ShellMex and BP Oil Ltd to supply Royal Air Force. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:55:04 PM |
| Oil Storage Depot. Built 1930 to supply fuel to Dockyard. Bomb proofed by owners to Air Ministry specifications in 1940. Slightly damaged in one of the earliest air raids of the war July 1940. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:50:25 PM |
| Air Raid Shelter |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:46:57 PM |
| Barrage Balloon - known as Site 15. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:45:51 PM |
| D Day Embarkation Hard - The Grove |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:44:06 PM |
| Barrage Balloon - known as Site 1. In meadow adjoining Ponsharden Cottages |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:43:24 PM |
| Barrage Balloon - known as Site 4. On Private Quay by Cliff Cottage. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:41:55 PM |
| Barrage Balloon - known as Site 3 |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:40:34 PM |
| One of two engine rooms for Middle Point Battery and Camp. The battery and camp are between the road and the shoreline just out of shot. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:38:49 PM |
| Coastal Artillery Repair Unit was in 3 Nissen huts |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:35:41 PM |
| Barrage Balloon - known as Site 16. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:34:12 PM |
| Pendennis Battery - 2 x 12-pdr quick fire guns built 1941 to serve in anti-motor torpedo boat capacity. Manned by 90 Coast Battery RA until Nov 1943 when put into care & maintenance. Armed until 1956. Demolished by Ministry of Works 1971. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:30:55 PM |
User Comment Contributions
Various WW2 sites and structures. |
CornwallPhil |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 10:26:30 PM |