Cleveland

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1957 – The Cleveland was a (Type 1) Hunt Class Destroyer on her way to be broken up at the scrapyard in Llanelli.   On 28th June she parted her tow off Burry Holms and went ashore at Diles Lake where she stuck fast.   Efforts to refloat her failed and she remained on the beach for several months as a great tourist attraction.   Several members of Coastwatch  remember, as youngsters, being taken to see her. David Evans,then 13 years old, remembers going (illegally)on board. (Ref. 008)
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20 November 2009: Many thanks to Roger Winser who has submitted this photo.

I thought you would like to share this photograph with your colleagues who remember seeing this ex-RN escort destroyer aground in 1957. I took this photograph with my Brownie camera in early July 1957.


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This photo appeared in the South Wales Evening Post on the 1st July 1985.