HMS Wildfire III - Queenborough, Kent.
Posted by: MeerRescue
N 51° 25.032 E 000° 44.441
31U E 342899 N 5698642
A nautical flagpole, commemorating the WW2 Royal Naval base HMS Wildfire III, and is sited within Queenborough Park, Queenborough, Kent.
Waymark Code: WMF1MH
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/07/2012
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This nautical flagpole, set within Queenborough
Park, commemorates HMS Wildfire III, a WW2 Royal Naval base that was
once just yards from this flagpole, and which operated the all
important Minesweeper fleet that protected the Thames Estuary and
English Channel by keeping the vital shipping routes clear of enemy
mines.
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