Northern Revetment, Lelant Quay, Hayle Harbour3D ModelNoAI
At Lelant on the River Hayle, St Ives, Cornwall, a section of wall, accessible via the beach at low water, comprises sections of iron plate held in place by wooden posts. The iron plating appears to be sections of ship hull, recycled to create an estuary revetment.
There is another section of revetment to the south, adjacent to the granite quay known as Dynamite Quay (see separate model).
Lost Ships of the West Country (Langley and Small 1988) suggest that these sections are from a First World War Torpedo Boat Destroyer.
Between the 1920s and 1940s Thomas Ward operated an extensive ship-breaking business at this site, providing much neede jobs for local people. It is thought that these revetments date to that period and were built using parts of ships that were scrapped at the yard.
This model was created using photographs collected by drone and hand-held cameras during June 2016 as part of the Maritime Archaeology Trust’s HLF Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War project.
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