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Armed Forces / Re: HMS NEMO (bit of a long shot)
« on: Tuesday 29 March 11 07:45 BST (UK)  »
Not a problem if any of my pictures are felt suitable for use, I have several more available if required.
Incidentally, there are some nice pictures to be found on Flickr, link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick_wilkinson_merseyside/galleries/72157625112663749/

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Armed Forces / Re: HMS NEMO (bit of a long shot)
« on: Wednesday 16 February 11 15:11 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Brian Mac,

Not a lot to add at the moment regarding history of Nemo II, all I know is what Google reveals.

I now live locally, been here about 4 years, used to come to area on hols from West Midlands, and remember seeing the boat then.

Went to Llandanwg on January 11 and took several photos.

Was amazed when I returned a few days later to find boat had gone, just broken bits of timber and a few pieces of metal remained, along with large tyre marks in the sand from either tractor or JCB type of machine.

So glad I have got the pictures now, only found out the history of Nemo from article in Cambrian News, if I had known earlier I would have tried to have raised public awareness to try and preserve her, find it tragic that something with such a history should ultimately be destroyed.

March 5 2011, I have heard locally that the engine was removed, and the remains burnt.............
Despicable, an act of vandalismn and contempt on the part of yacht club.

February 14 2012,
found a few pictures taken in November 2006 which may be of interest....

February 28, 2011
came across another picture of Nemo !! at Llandanwg, taken 26 December 2008.

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Armed Forces / Re: HMS NEMO (bit of a long shot)
« on: Monday 14 February 11 17:52 GMT (UK)  »
The remains of Nemo II, which for many years have been on the sands at Llandanwyg, Gwynedd have recently vanished.
I took several pictures of the vessel on January 14 2011, and a few days later returned to the spot and they had gone, the only things visible were tyre tracks in the sand from a JCB type of vehicle.
I suspect the remains have been smashed and buried onsite.
The matter was well reported in the Meirionnydd edition of the "Cambrian News" on Thursday 10 February.
The secretary of the Llandanwyg and Pensarn Yacht Club was quoted as saying the boat had been taken away "as it posed a danger to the public".
This is outrageous, to think that a vessel with such a noble history should suffer such a fate, why was nothing done to preserve her, there is a Maritime Museum not far distant in Porthmadog, I feel sure that there are many preservation societies that would have been glad to have become involved in a project to preserve and save her for display.

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