A 1946 or earlier incident in which a vessel grounded or was beached south of Lydd Ranges west of Dungeness, as seen on aerial photography dated 10th September 1946. She is shown broadside on to the sea at the edge of the inter-tidal zone, with evidence of damage on the seaward (port) side of the hull, which has been breached. As the vessel has not been identified, the cause of the damage is not known, but may have been due to a collision or to a sea mine, either during the war or shortly after. The vessel was not shown in aerial photographs taken in 1940-1941 nor in 1958, suggesting that the vessel concerned was temporarily beached or stranded, and therefore possibly either recovered or broken up in situ. The vessel was 58m long with a 12m beam, and can be seen from the photograph to be a steamer, built of steel, consistent with most vessels of the period. This feature has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.