blazerman Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 When we were out kayaking around the mulberry at southend the other w/end we spotted this sticking out to sea .when we had packed up we drove round to shoeburyness found a free car park and set off on foot through the old garrison which is now been turned into fancy houses ! we came across the start of what we could see earlier at east beach not knowing what it was i asked the coastel watch officer in his tower who told us it was for managing the shipping in the thames .ok i thought until i found this http://www.gnometech.freeserve.co.uk/html/defence_boom.html yeah its whats left of managing german shipping in 1939 as in u boats ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Snap - will you please sign Blazerman up for The Pathfinder Magazine.....!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 The other end of the boom comes from Sheerness but is in far worse condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yin717 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Wow that's rather interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken arrow Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 sorry to tell you mate but that is not the ww2 defence boom but one built for the cold war ,the ww2 boom starts a hundred yrds or so further over and is old sunken barges and timber posts if you find this interesting then if you park at east beach and walk out at low tide approx 300yrds you will find tons of old railway lines that have been cut down these were angled to rip the hulls of landing craft out like the gerries did over there side, at barge pier you will find scaffolding defence remains and on the garrison site two search light emplacements and an mg post sunk into the sea wall as well several other gun implacements.:shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerman Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 hi thanks for the info on that guess because tide was in we didnt see original one. no plans to go back so any pics you could take and post would be good . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris c8 fat Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 the thing is 5 min from the house I posted pics of the beach defences here ages ago dont know if they were lost there is also a 37 emplacement near by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 If you think these boom remains are interesting, then you should see those on the Forth: http://fyca.sbmyc.com/Publications/CruisingGuide/cruisingp7.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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