River Colne down to the Sea by Douglas Went. Photograph 35.
James and Stone shipyard Brightlingsea, 1942 - 1944. Landing craft under repair - LCA148, LCA580 - Landing Craft Assault. The LCA Training Base Helder on the Stone opposite kept the yard busy with repairs and maintenance.

The 52½ foot harbour launch tied up on the jetty is almost certainly one of the eight steamers built by J&S during WW2.

[John Collins and Derak Smith]

MTB 353 is up on the slip on the right. She'd been built by Vospers Wivenhoe over a year earlier, but this is late June or early July 1944, when she was based at Felixstowe, but came to Brightlingsea for refitting. The Helder LCAs were there at the same time. MTB 353 left B'sea on 7 July 1944 (Admiralty Red Lists & Dockyard Lists). [Julian Foynes]
Date: cJuly 1944