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The Magnetic Mine is Defeated

"Hitler’s secret weapon," as the magnetic mine was nicknamed was not secret for long: neither was it long before countermeasures were devised.

Extract from’ The War Illustrated’ April 5th 1940

‘During the past few weeks many British ships have been fitted with a special secret device that renders them immune from damage from magnetic mines.’
To ensure that this ‘special device’ was operating properly monitoring stations were established around the coast line.  The Bay Museum  was one of the stations, known locally as the ‘Canvey Loop’.

It is a unique building in its own right, as it is the only surviving fully intact example of this type of 1940’s MOD Property on the North side of the Thames Estuary.
 

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The Bay Museum  19th June 2011