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Hms Bayonet: Leith Roads, Firth of Forth

Boom Defence Vessel (20th Century)-(1939), Craft (20th Century)-(1939)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hms Bayonet: Leith Roads, Firth of Forth as Boom Defence Vessel (20th Century)-(1939), Craft (20th Century)-(1939). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Hms Bayonet was a British boom defence vessel stationed in Leith Roads, Firth of Forth, during World War II. It was lost in 1939, likely due to wartime activity, though no lives or significant cargo were reported lost; its significance lies in its role as part of coastal defences during the early years of the war.

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