Alderney

ALDERNEY

1896 April 21. First blocks for the new Jetty were laid.

1940-45 During W.W. II the Germans built an extension to the Commercial

Quay and this was used after the War, but it became unsafe was

demolished in 1976.

2008 In the early part of the year a major refurbishment commenced on the Commercial Quay which has allowed two large vessels to berth simultaneously at the outer end of the quay. The work was

completed early in 2010.

Picture :

Aerial view of the Island, with the harbour and breakwater at the top left. 101w 13.0k

Picture : 207w 56.7k

A view from under the wing of an Aurigny aircraft showing the harbour area and Braye Bay. In the mid distance is the Commercial Quay with the German extension built during W.W. II, but which became unsafe and was demolished in

1976.

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Alderney Harbour layout, with Craby Harbour in the centre background, the Commercial Quay (since rebuilt) stretching out into the sea on the left, and further to the left is old Douglas Quay.

Picture :

A view of the entire length of the breakwater.

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Picture : Judges C7109X - C. Worsley

Heavy seas break over the Breakwater. Berthed alongside the quay is SEA TRENT and outside of her are some of the fishing vessels which worked out in the English Channel during the mid 1970’s. 307w 1.19m

Picture : The Pictorial Stationery Co. Ltd.

COURIER (II) Berthed at the Alderney Breakwater slipway, which was used before the New Jetty was built. Card is dated August 20 1907. 008 765k

Picture :

L & SWR steamer ALBERTA at the jetty, pictured between 1908 and November 1913

Picture :

Southern Railways VERA at he Jetty between 1924 and 1933.

Post 1945

Three photographs of the Alderney Quay taken on August 11 1949, shows BRITTANY COAST on the old jetty and British Railways BRITTANY on the outside of the German jetty. The remains of the small cargo vessel STAFFA is in the foreground.

BRITTANY lies on the outside of the German Jetty while operating an excursion

from Jersey and Guernsey. 619nmw 244k

Picture :

The Douglas Quay, and alongside is fishing vessel MORNING STAR owned by

Mr. John Ray which he purchased in 1952. In December 1953 he renamed her SAN DEMETRIO after the tanker made famous in WW II by being re-boarded in the Atlantic by part of her crew after having been shelled and set alight and the

vessel being abandoned. With her bridge un-usable she was jury rigged and brought into Liverpool.

Shortly after the re- naming, Eagle Oil & Shipping wished to revive the name for one of their new tankers and persuaded Mr. Ray to release the name, and his vessel took the name SAN DIEGO.

Interestingly Eagle Oil & Shipping was taken over by Shell on January 1 1960,

and the name was never used !

SAN DIEGO was still in service in October 1964.

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