| The Royal Adelaide and the Landing
Craft
These sites are situated close together and are accessed
from the main car park serving the Chesil Beach Centre just
past the Ferrybridge as you leave the mainland on the road
to Portland. You have to pay at all times (day & night!) to
park here.
Trigger Fish can be caught
over both wrecks in the summer. Both wrecks are local hot
spots for Trigger Fish, they are best fished for with crab
baits but will take just about anything. Local divers hand
feed them with mussels. When fishing for them use strong
size 1 hooks to 35lb snoods as they have very sharp teeth.
Landing Craft - 50 35.66N; 02 20.44W
For the landing craft site park at the far end of the car
park (marked with a red arrow in the picture) and walk
directly across towards the sea. When you reach the top of
the shingle bank ensure that you are still in line with the
end of the car park and then walk straight down to the sea.
This is the site of an American landing craft that was in a
storm during a training exercise in World War 2.
The Royal Adelaide
Extract from
Kev the fish website -
To find the wreck, park at Ferry Bridge car park and walk
out towards the right hand side. Once on top of the shingle
bank, line up the 3rd lamp post to the left of the car park
entrance, with the light on top of the end of the left hand
breakwater arm (Bincleaves), in Portland Harbour, this
should put you about ten paces away from a concrete block.
Once you have done this, walk ten paces towards the
Bridging camp, then turn and walk straight down to the
water. This should put you directly in front of the wreck.
During the summer plenty of divers use this wreck for diving
on, so if they are going into the water right next to you,
you know you are in the right place. Always ask the divers
what they have seen, as this information could help you.
Other species of fish known to be on the wreck are large
Pollack, Ballan Wrasse and Conger Eel.
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Landing Craft
