HSL 2561
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Printed Date: 26 March 2026 at 1:33pm
Topic: HSL 2561
Posted By: northeastuser
Subject: HSL 2561
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 12:42pm
| 2561 is on the Historic Ship Register. Number 1302. Anyone have any info on to her? some nice pictures. |
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Posted By: d-zine
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 2:09pm
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Hi NEU, Located what I believe to be 2561 on http://www.flashearth.com - www.flashearth.com on the following co-ordinates 50º 48' 22.3" - 0º 58' 17.4". There is also another large MTB type hull about 50 meteres to the West, any ID? ------------- Advance - Runaway Quickly , Runaway Quickly |
Posted By: d-zine
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 2:15pm
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Hi NEU, See attached image from Webshots, as was.  ------------- Advance - Runaway Quickly , Runaway Quickly |
Posted By: d-zine
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 2:21pm
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Hi NEU, And this one probably from the same source.  ------------- Advance - Runaway Quickly , Runaway Quickly |
Posted By: northeastuser
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 3:11pm
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mmm did you notice the two houseboats to the s/east? that looks like 4 MTB type hulls worth looking at! mmm the microsoft version shows one of the second vessels gone! So make that 3 boats! EDIT oh my god how many caravans can you pack onto one island! ------------- |
Posted By: d-zine
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 8:26pm
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Just read on webshots that 2561 was the star of "The sea shall not have them"
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Posted By: sx976
Date Posted: 26 August 2008 at 9:17pm
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I was a pupil at Felixstowe County Primary School when 'The Sea Shall Not Have Them' was being filmed. This was good enough to get the whole school down to Felixstowe Docks to look at 2561 and 2559 at anchor. But I was able to top that as my Dad was a 22 Sqn SAR helicopter pilot at (RAF) Felixstowe. He organized a ride out on one of the MCU boats to both 2559 & 2561 and I was able to spend some time exploring both craft. What a wonderful treat for a young lad ! I got my first cheap plastic camera about the same time and the very first photo I ever took was of 2561. Unfortunately it didn't turn out too well.
The film 'The Yangtse Incident' was filmed partially at Felixstowe around the same time.
I have good memories of Felixstowe at that time (1957-1960). Not only the 22 Sqn helicopters and the launches of the RAF Marine Craft Unit, but also the MGB's or MTB's stationed there in their sinister grey colour scheme. I don't think that I have read anything about these craft and why they were there.
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Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 27 August 2008 at 12:43pm
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Hi there,
Great stuff above, many thanks sx976, guess the MTBs might have been left after the end of Coastal Forces, think it was 1957, date is on the new veterans web-site, see home page of the BMPT site.
JohnK
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Posted By: Brian Mutton
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 9:10am
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Hi All
Are there any restrictions/copyrights on the pictures posted on the BMPT forum, are they able to be downloaded and used for any other purpose please?
Brian Mutton
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Posted By: marksaab
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 9:27am
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Hi Brian Got your meaasge but busy all weekend. Sorry I've no more info on 2561 other than the few pics I took of her. As far as pics go, pics that I've taken and uploaded can be copied, borrowed etc etc! As far as I'm concerned anything I post on a forum becomes public property! Not sure about any rules though! ------------- Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!" |
Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: 24 June 2015 at 7:18am
| Hi, just joined the forum and saw your posting regarding 2561 and 2559, my late father served on 2559 during the war and I've recently got in touch with possibly the last crew member still alive. I have in dads album several photos of 2559 and other HSLs. Do you know by any chance what happened to 2559? |
Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 24 June 2015 at 3:36pm
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Hi Kestrel, Just spotted your post and welcome aboard, sure hon. colleagues on this forum may have some info, if you look up HSL 2552 the prototype for the Hants and Dorset class, now under restoration at RAF Hooten park, link on the links page of this site, may also be of interest. All the best, Johnk |
Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: 25 June 2015 at 6:51am
| Thank you johnk, I have already contacted the guy restoring 2552 and he has advised me to visit the national archives at Kew for the service records of 2559 which I intend to do soon. I will also be visiting the RAF museum at Hendon as they want to scan dads photos, I went there sometime ago when dad was alive and we were allowed to look over the HSL on display there. Anyway thanks again for getting back to me. |
Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 25 June 2015 at 12:57pm
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Hi Kestrel, No problem, great you have been in contact with Paul, glad Hendon want the photos for the archive there, all the best, Johnk |
Posted By: Gillyf
Date Posted: 16 September 2015 at 6:10pm
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Hi, I've just found and joined the site because you feature, and have commented on our ex HSL 2656. We bought Astral as a rubbish-filled but sound hull in 1986 and have lived aboard since then. Moving ashore and asking 70K for the boat isn't the case at all! I know the superstructure is not aesthetically pleasing, but hey, it's a houseboat with headroom! The best bit is that in 1990 the then archivist at the RAF museum in Hendon researched information we had, and authenticated the number, even providing a section of the original Log. Brilliant, and what an important piece of history, eh? |
Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 20 September 2015 at 11:31am
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Hi there, Many thanks there, most interesting, have already a place so...but great that you have saved her for the past near twenty years now, have said before, without you guys finding a new use, most of our historic coastal forces craft would not be her, I hope you get what you want for her and a good new home. Johnk |