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On a slow sales day at Felixstowe (it was not a nice day weatherwise, and most folk sensibly
stayed in bed), I wandered up the banks of the River Deben and found these two hulks settling
in the mud. Suffolk seems to be particularly good at holding on to its retired coastal shipping in
this manner, perhaps with a view to future marine archaeology. An entire coastal tanker was
firmly wedged in the sands on Covehithe beach, further up the coast. As far as I know it is still
there, gradually being consumed by coastal erosion and the action of the tides. As a callow
youth in the Gosport / Portsmouth area it was great fun to chance upon war detritus scattered
around the nooks and crannies of Portsmouth Harbour and Fareham Creek - a couple of MTBs
once, and a familiar U-Boat casually discarded on the northern shore of the Harbour, guarded by
the entire Reserve Fleet. They've all gone now, as have virtually all of our historical warships,
gone to scrap. The beautiful late-WW2 battleship HMS Vanguard, last of its kind, was for years
parked in the upper reaches of Portsmouth Harbour, then one day it was gone. Forever. As
these will be one day, but with, one suspects, rather less gnashing of teeth.
On a slow sales day at Felixstowe (it was not a nice day weatherwise, and most folk sensibly stayed
in bed), I wandered up the banks of the River Deben and found these two hulks settling in the
mud. Suffolk seems to be particularly good at holding on to its retired coastal shipping in this
manner, perhaps with a view to future marine archaeology. An entire coastal tanker was firmly
wedged in the sands on Covehithe beach, further up the coast. As far as I know it is still there,
gradually being consumed by coastal erosion and the action of the tides. As a callow youth in the
Gosport / Portsmouth area it was great fun to chance upon war detritus scattered around the
nooks and crannies of Portsmouth Harbour and Fareham Creek - a couple of MTBs once, and a
familiar U-Boat casually discarded on the northern shore of the Harbour, guarded by the entire
Reserve Fleet. They've all gone now, as have virtually all of our historical warships, gone to scrap.
The beautiful late-WW2 battleship HMS Vanguard, last of its kind, was for years parked in the upper
reaches of Portsmouth Harbour, then one day it was gone. Forever. As these will be one day,
but with, one suspects, rather less gnashing of teeth.
Getting wrecked
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A3 (c. 16"x12") print on:
Permajet Gold Silk (£26)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£24)
A2 (c. 23"x16") print on:
Permajet Gold Silk (£40)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£36)
Permajet Gold Silk (£40)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£36)