WWII Sea Flame Barrage Control Hut – Seaford, East Sussex

Surviving WWII brick-built hut on Seaford seafront, believed to be associated with the wartime sea-flame barrage system.

Surviving WWII sea-flame barrage control hut at Seaford, part of a scheme to set the sea alight during a German invasion.

A surviving brick-built wartime structure near Marine Parade in Seaford, East Sussex, believed to be associated with the Second World War sea-flame barrage system. During the invasion emergency of 1940, oil storage tanks, pipelines and control equipment were installed around Bishopstone and Seaford as part of an extraordinary scheme to release and ignite fuel on the sea, creating a barrier against approaching German landing craft.


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