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Exercise Tiger

I took a bus to Torcross – it was very hot and humid – to look at the Sherman Tank Memorial to the World War II Exercise Tiger.

The amphibious tank was one lost in the bay in 1944 and subsequently recovered in 1984 and placed as a memorial to those who were lost.

Sherman D.D. Amphibious Tank Specification 1944
From the display

Slapton Ley

Torcross is one end of Slapton Ley.

Swans and ducks on Slapton Ley

Slapton Ley​
Slapton Ley

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