Report - abandoned boats hampshire april 2018

[johnny gomez]

not sure if this should be a report or even posted here,

history
couldn't find any history on these, apart from a bait digger who told me they had been there for over 20 yrs.

explore,
parked in the local marina and took a leisurely stroll along the beach front, must have been the hottest part of the day !

1st boat- bloody concrete

number2 - proper wooden

remains of the engine

boat 3 - metal

boat 4 - wasn't going to this one

couple of odds while sunbatheing and having a fag

 

[Giymo85]

I like that a lot pal, I always like seeing an old concrete barge.

 

[johnny gomez]

cheers Giymo85

 

[moopudped]

Concrete barge looks like one from the mulberry harbor from the D day landings.

 

[johnny gomez]

could well of been, there is a row of similar type ones ( just not as boat shaped) been used to protect the banks

 

[bollockmaster]

They are definitely ww2 concrete barges. I guess they were at odds what to do with them after the war :

 

[Thecretefleet]

That's Dibden Bay, right ? What you have there is one WW2 Ferro-concrete Barge - specially a fuel barge aka PB200 and a whole bunch (39 I think) of 'Beetles' (the smaller ones) in a line.....Beetles were like little barge type pontoons on which the Whale bridges rested, creating the roadways from the Mulberry Harbour pier heads to the Normandy beach