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Branscombe Mouth Branscombe is a lovely village in South East Devon, England, situated in a wooded valley (or combe) leading down to the shore at Branscombe Mouth, and the amazing Jurassic Coast world heritage site. On the 18th of January 2007, a container ship (the MSC Napoli) carrying over 2000 containers was damaged in a storm in the English Channel, forcing the rescue of her crew. Two days later the Napoli was beached at Branscombe to enable the salvage of her cargo. Before the authorities could arrange proper security, 'wreckers' moved in causing chaos in the narrow lanes around the village and removing anything of value they could lay their hands on. One day - Lyme Bay, the next on ebay. One of the anchors from the ship remains at ...

Branscombe Beach, April 2021 Branscombe Beach (East Devon, England) under a cloudless, blue sky. The Sea Shanty cafe (left) has been recently re-thatched. The beaching of the MSC Napoli container ship here in 2007 now seems a distant memory. Date: 25th April 2021.

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The Napoli had been damaged in a storm in 2007 and was abandoned by its crew, it was then taken in tow to take it to portland for repair, but the weather got worse and it was decided to Beach her in the waters off Branscombe. The beaching location was at Branscombe around 1 mile (1.6 km) off the Devon coast, near the coastal town of Sidmouth.12 This area of the coastline where MSC Napoli was beached is a part of Britain's first natural World Heritage Site, the Jurassic Coast. In winter Lyme Bay hosts large numbers of wintering sea birds whilst the sea bed was habitat for endangered species such as the pink sea fan and sunset cup coral. When the cargo fell off the ship and was washed ashore on Branscombe beach people came from all over th...

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The Sea Shanty Established in 1943, the Sea Shanty is the beach cafe at Branscombe Mouth, between Beer and Sidmouth on the Jurassic Coast (East Devon, England). The cafe specialises in local produce and the fresh crab is landed on the beach just a stone's throw away. In January 2007, the MSC Napoli, a 53000 ton container ship ran into difficulties in the English channel during stormy weather, and was under tow, headed for Portland Harbour, when the weather worsened and the vessel was beached at Branscombe. After containers from the wreck began washing up on the beach, around two hundred 'scavengers' arrived at the beach hoping for a share of the spoils, despite warnings from the police. Scavenged goods include several BMW motorcycles, em...