Spot the Differnce: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/poole-bay-valentine-tank-7-mkxi-440bd19e8d4b4886b2ae4c96aa981442
At somepoint between 2018 and 2019 the mantlet from Tank 7 disapeared, extenive searches and surveys around the tank have not revealed its location and nothing else appears to be disturbed on the site
The 4/7 Dragoon Guards official war diary only mentions the loss of six tanks during the exercise, however the war diary of the Westminster Dragoons includes the seventh tank and that they were all launched in the wrong location.
Major Sterling in his unofficial war diary also only mentions the loss of six tanks but later mentioned one tank was abandoned and floated off in the tide, where it was sunk with gunfire. It is likely that this is Tank 7
The tank has lost its turret and top armour but the rear transmission appears to be intact. The mantlet and bustle lay forward of the wreck whereas one of the turret sides lays within the hull and the other half 10m to the stern
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