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WW2 Ship Target Remains

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WW2 Ship Target Remains

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Location: Godshill, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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Rona 🐶 + Dad (John)

March 11, 2025

This is the site of a huge vertical steel face target (6m high and 12m long) erected during WW2 that represented the hull side of a merchant ship and was constructed in a similar way. It was used for training and to test the penetration of air to ground ordnance including 20 and 40mm cannon rounds, 6pdr rounds fired from the Molins Gun (or Tsetse) fitted to converted DH Mosquitoes (designed to be used against U-Boats) and rockets launched from a variety of aircraft including Hawker Hurricanes. All the remains today is long stretch of concrete in the ground and other square footings close by.

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Location: Godshill, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

WW2 Ship Target Remains

1. Hampton Ridge Trig Point – View from Ashleycross Hill loop from Godshill

2. View from Ashleycross Hill loop from Godshill

3. The Fighting Cocks Pub loop from Larch Row

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