Maritime record TR 45 NE 296 - Brighton Belle

Summary

BRITISH AUXILLIARY MINESWEEPER, 1940

Location

Grid reference TR 4644 5793 (point) NLO
Map sheet TR45NE
District DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

Ex: LADY EVELYN. Was aquired by her last owners in 1922, who employed her as a passenger outing vessel along the south coast until October 1939 when she was hired as a mine sweeper. She was engaged in the withdrawal of troops from the Dunkirk beach head, when she collided with submerged wreckage just off the N Sand Head where she sank, subsequently breaking in two. The second part of her hull lies in 51.18.10N, 01.30.26E. Year Built: 1900 Builder: J Scott and Co Engine HP: 396 Propulsion: Compound engines Boilers: 2 Owner: P and A Campbell (Royal Navy) Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. DOD. 1990 Ed. p102; SRN.Vol.2 p56; BVLS.1939-45 p6


<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Mar 2 1994 12:00AM