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EbbwJunction1

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Here's some descriptions of events that happened on this day - but in which year did they happen?

1. British forces capture St Lucia in the West Indies from the French
2. The outlaw Ned Kelly was hanged outside Melbourne Gaol
3. Willys-Overland launched the Jeep
4. The first video recorder was demonstrated in Beverley Hills, California
5. Demi Moore was born
6. Leonardo DiCaprio was born

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EbbwJunction1 said:
Here's some descriptions of events that happened on this day - but in which year did they happen?

1. British forces capture St Lucia in the West Indies from the French 1778
2. The outlaw Ned Kelly was hanged outside Melbourne Gaol 1880
3. Willys-Overland launched the Jeep 1940
4. The first video recorder was demonstrated in Beverley Hills, California 1952
5. Demi Moore was born 1962
6. Leonardo DiCaprio was born 1974

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Here's the answers …. it's an open diary!!
 
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Did it spot aircraft and/or intercept radio messages, but these reports were ignored when passed up the chain at Pearl Harbour?
 
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DerekC said:
It was more direct that that - I am sure it fired shots at a Japanese target - if not an aircraft then maybe a warship infringing US waters?
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That's near enough. The USS Ward actually fired on and sank a Japanese two-man midget submarine which was attempting to get through the antisubmarine netting. The two Japanese sailors were the first victims of American action, a day before the declaration of war.

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It's an acoustic listening device (sound-wave equivalent of Radar) for early warning of approaching aircraft. They were in vogue during the inter-war years as I recall, and Pathé newsreels covered them a few times (in order to reassure citizens and distract enemies from the secret radar research).

I believe they were installed in numerous locations along the English coast, predominantly in the south and east. Assuming the the pictured one is a rare modern survivor, I'll take a wild guess at Sussex? (My knowledge of English counties is nothing to write home about.)
 
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krus_aragon said:
It's an acoustic listening device (sound-wave equivalent of Radar) for early warning of approaching aircraft. They were in vogue during the inter-war years as I recall, and Pathé newsreels covered them a few times (in order to reassure citizens and distract enemies from the secret radar research).

I believe they were installed in numerous locations along the English coast, predominantly in the south and east. Assuming the the pictured one is a rare modern survivor, I'll take a wild guess at Sussex? (My knowledge of English counties is nothing to write home about.)
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Absolutely right as to what it is. Not Sussex, though.

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I'd suspect Essex?
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Marton said:
East Riding of Yorkshire
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That's the one. Specifically Kilnsea, which is the last place you pass through going towards Spurn Head (the long spiky bit which sticks out into the north side of the Humber estuary). Good place to listen for aircraft approaching over the North Sea, I guess.

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DerekC said:
That's the one. Specifically Kilnsea, which is the last place you pass through going towards Spurn Head (the long spiky bit which sticks out into the north side of the Humber estuary). Good place to listen for aircraft approaching over the North Sea, I guess.

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I came in at the last minute so I’ll say

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Marton said:
I came in at the last minute so I’ll say

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I think krus_aragon should take it for getting the first part of the answer.
krus_aragon said:
It's an acoustic listening device (sound-wave equivalent of Radar) for early warning of approaching aircraft. They were in vogue during the inter-war years as I recall, and Pathé newsreels covered them a few times (in order to reassure citizens and distract enemies from the secret radar research).

I believe they were installed in numerous locations along the English coast, predominantly in the south and east. Assuming the the pictured one is a rare modern survivor, I'll take a wild guess at Sussex? (My knowledge of English counties is nothing to write home about.)
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