Landing Craft, Tank

Superb capture.

Glad you like it Don........many thanks.

Da hast du auch einen guten Platz gefunden für deine schöne Aufnahme lieber Keith,das ist ja ein sehr schönes Schiff und mit dieser Ansicht kommt auch diese Dachkonstuktion toll raus,sehr schön hast du das ganze Schiff ins BIld gebracht :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,liebe Grüße Güni :))

Glad you like this one Güni...........both the landing craft and the roof structure. Thanks for dropping in and leaving these lovely comments. Very much appreciated.

Enjoy the rest of the day and have a nice evening. Best wishes, Keith.

You made the best of it !!
Intereresting image anyway.

Thanks very much Jaap...........appreciated.

The roof built for the ship is extraordinary.

Yes, they've made the effort to display it and to keep the worst of the weather off it.

Very interesting and you did manage to get a good photo

Glad you found it interesting Colin................and that you like the photo. Very much appreciated.

A wonderful capture despite the site limitations and a poignant reminder of the day,Keith,

I like the way you have framed the craft and used the bench to add to the foreground!

I cannot imagine it was a comfortable craft especially if sea conditions were not the best,
So many of these were based and some lost at Slapton Sands ( a link you may be interested in) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Tiger

Thank you so much for these lovely comments Roger. I didn't visit this location while the VE Day stuff was going on as there would have been hundreds of people around.

I'm glad you like the photo and the surroundings too.

Thanks for sharing the link........what an absolute disaster it all was and covered up at the time for obvious reasons.........but why it continued to be covered up after was wall, I don't know :-((

I've served on a couple of amphibious warships that carry landing craft and can confirm that they're uncomfortable to travel in......although I wasn't being shot at at the time!

During the Falklands war, I was on HMS Fearless and we lost one of our landing craft and several of the crew to enemy action, which was a very sad time!

interesting this

Glad you think so Annemarie...........many thanks.

I agree with Jaap, you made the best of it, Keith!
Very interesting and well composed picture.

Thank you so much Adele...........glad you like it.

Sehr schön mit dem Tarnanstrich. Interessant gezeigt, Keith.

Thank you Mikus...........glad you like this one.

Splendid photography, Keith!
Not even in the cinema have I seen such an interesting landing craft

Thank you very much Judite..........I'm glad you found the landing craft interesting and liked the photo. Much appreciated.

It's like that bench is replicating the roof over the landing craft, well spotted Keith.

I'm glad you spotted that Alby.........thank you.

I've been trying for a decent shot of this for ages, but there are normally loads of people around and dozens of cars parked up next to it. At the moment that road is closed due to the sea defences being built and so I took a chance and drove down for a look :-))

Impressive capture!

Glad you like it William..........many thanks.

A funny roof to that craft !!!! :) Not a bad capture at all from here Keith. Must be nice to have such things nearby.

Cheers. Herb

Thanks for your kind and generous comments Herb.........glad you like it.

The foreground together with the curved roof serve as a good frame, you have chosen a good spot!