Start Bay
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Start Bay indented the south coast of Devon, on the English Channel, its long, curving shore extending between Combe Point (south of the mouth of the River Dart) and Start Point, the famed headland close to the county's southernmost point.
On the coast of the bay, from south to north, are Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, the Slapton Sands, Strete, Blackpool Sands and Stoke Fleming. The South West Coast Path covers much of the coastline.
Historical interest
Between 1763 and 1771, HMS Friendship, a 4-gun Royal Navy cutter was stationed in Start Bay as a patrol vessel.[1]
The United States Army used Slapton Sands in Start Bay to rehearse the Normandy landings in 1944.[2]
References
- ↑ Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. p. 325. ISBN 9781844157006.
- ↑ Operation Tiger (United States Naval History and Heritage Command)
