Chris A Reedy
SS Denham Sunset
Went out with camera last Sunday for first time in nearly 3 months, and had a thoroughly enjoyable few hours.
The rusted wreck of a survey vessel sunk in an explosion in 1946 can still be sighted when conditions are right off the coast of Merseyside, and just over a mile walk out across the sands.
The remains of the SS Denham, which can be seen off the coast of New Brighton during low tides, emerge as a memorial to a terrible accident that killed all but one of her crew.
In 1946 - less than a year after the end of World War II - the 103-ton survey vessel struck a German mine that was still hidden in the waters off New Brighton, despite the bay having been swept for such devices.
The terrible explosion tore the vessel apart, killing eight members of the crew and left only one survivor who was thrown unconscious into the water by the force of the blast.
SS Denham Sunset
Went out with camera last Sunday for first time in nearly 3 months, and had a thoroughly enjoyable few hours.
The rusted wreck of a survey vessel sunk in an explosion in 1946 can still be sighted when conditions are right off the coast of Merseyside, and just over a mile walk out across the sands.
The remains of the SS Denham, which can be seen off the coast of New Brighton during low tides, emerge as a memorial to a terrible accident that killed all but one of her crew.
In 1946 - less than a year after the end of World War II - the 103-ton survey vessel struck a German mine that was still hidden in the waters off New Brighton, despite the bay having been swept for such devices.
The terrible explosion tore the vessel apart, killing eight members of the crew and left only one survivor who was thrown unconscious into the water by the force of the blast.