Re: Fwd: Y Station Southwold

Martin

I suggest that you pass this on to the Historical Accuracy Group., headed
by Mick Smith. There is somebody in this group who has a great deal of
knowledge on such matters but without his permission I do not wish to give
you his details.

Best regards

On 8 August 2017 at 16:12, Martin Evans <mhe1000-KWPb1pKIrIJaa/[email protected]> wrote:

> I am forwarding this query about intercept stations at Southwold, Suffolk,
> UK. It was posted on the marine history list today. Any info?
>
> Martin H Evans
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Y Station Southwold
> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 10:11:26 -0400
> From: Stuart Rayner <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: Marine History Information Exchange Group <
> [email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
>
> There was a navy Y-station(s) located at Southwold (Y as in wireless
> intercept) during the second world war as part of the intelligence
> gathering network, including Bletchley Park. From photographs of the
> station on the Imperial War Museum website, the station location has been
> found where surprisingly the main two huts still stand, although some of
> the outlying facilities have subsequently fallen into the sea. There is
> also a recording on YouTube of an intercept recording taken at the station.
> The huts are known locally as the Navy huts although no one knew what they
> were used for.
>
> In gathering information, it has come to light that there may have been 2
> stations at Southwold as another location is given as Gun Hill in
> Southwold, which is partially confirmed by one of the Imperial War Museum
> photographs. The two locations would therefore be separated by 1-2 miles.
>
> My questions are: where there two separate locations for the station,
> presumably intercepting different data? What were the stations
> intercepting? i.e was it direction finding, data gathering or any other;
> and finally when was the station set up? From local information, the Gun
> Hill one may have been set up as early as 1940.
>
> I realise that very little information is available on these secret
> stations, but thought that someone may know a little more than I have been
> able to dig out.
>
> Stuart
>
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