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The 1953 floods were mentioned in detail in the drama film Flood (2007). In 2009 a Dutch action drama titled De Storm (The Storm) was released. In 2018 a Dutch documentary titled Stormvloed in De Schelphoek ("Storm surge in the Schelphoek") was released. The book The Little Ark by Jan de Hartog, published in 1953, depicted the flood. It was ...
Netherlands Great North Sea Flood 1953 In neighboring Belgium, 37 breaches in dikes flooded several towns and villages, including Antwerp, claiming 22 lives. This was also the worst flood of the ...
The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway closed to passengers on 1 January 1931. [6] The signal box at the station closed on 11 February 1931, with the line being worked as a siding thereafter. [7] The line remained open to freight until 1 December 1952. Following the North Sea flood of 1953, the railway was reopened on 5 February, closing on 28 ...
31 January–1 February – The North Sea flood of 1953 kills 307 people on the east coast of Britain, with more at sea. [3] A corvette and a submarine sink at their moorings in HM Dockyard Sheerness .
On the night of 31 January 1953 the sea defences of Hunstanton, Norfolk, were overwhelmed by a storm surge, with up to 10 feet (3.0 m) of seawater flooding the low-lying South Beach area. [1] Many U.S. service families were quartered there, [ 2 ] and Leming's unit, the 67th Air Rescue Squadron , based at nearby RAF Sculthorpe , were mobilised ...
David Broadfoot GC (21 July 1899 – 31 January 1953) was a Scottish seaman awarded the George Cross for his bravery during the sinking of the MV Princess Victoria in the North Sea flood of 1953. He was born in Stranraer, Scotland. By 1917, he had gained a radio license and later qualified as a ship's Radio Officer.
The line closed with effect from 1 December 1952, when R Class locomotive 31010 hauled two brake vans, [17] although there was a short reprieve during the floods of February 1953, the line being reopened from 5 February to 1 March in order for traffic to bypass the main line between Whitstable and Faversham damaged in the flood. [15]
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