Exploring the East Coast war channels

Workshop allows you to record discoveries

The Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre is hosting a unique one-day workshop about World War One East Coast War Channels on Saturday, November 5.

They were a series of defensive routes used by civilian shipping in WW1.

More than 1,000 merchant ships, fishing vessels and small warships such as minesweepers and patrol vessels were sunk by German U-boats in the channels. These wrecks, and the seafarers who traversed this hazardous route, are largely forgotten.

Other sites on shore such as seaplane bases and signal stations that played a central role in the defence of the War Channels are equally overlooked. Fjordr, with the support of Historic England, is helping people to explore the East Coast War Channels and to record the discoveries they make.

The workshop is being run in partnership with the Home Front Legacy project and CITiZAN in support of Historic England’s investigation of the East Coast War Channels to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.

The workshop is being held at Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre. Tickets for the workshop are free but spaces are limited.

Book your place at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ workshop-recording-thewwi-east-coast-war-channels-tickets-28502122616.

Fjordr is a small company specialising in the provision of consultancy in the fields of marine and historic environment management.

Fjordr’s director, Antony Firth, has been at the forefront of the development of marine archaeology for more than 20 years and has a range of skills and experience in marine development-led archaeology.

Pictured above is Mark Vesey outside the Maritime Heritage Centre.