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A searchlight on a Bren gun carrier-like vehicle, inside the tank at Lyness.
Picture added on 04 November 2005
Does anyone out there know the where about's of one of these bren gun carriers that sank out of sight in a peat bog in the orphir hills during ww2?
Added by WILLIAM SHEARER on 03 December 2008
Ah Wullie thu will jist hiv tae work awyee wae thee mittle deeteector and thee spade or nick this ane fae the tank at Lyness.
Thir a dozy bunch they might niver miss hid!.
A joke Lewis and Jude only a joke!!
Thir a dozy bunch they might niver miss hid!.
A joke Lewis and Jude only a joke!!
Added by John Budge on 04 December 2008
The searchlight is a Fortress Mk V, used in both anti-aircraft and coast artillery roles. (It's not 'on' the vehicle as the title suggests, but a nice idea.)
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Added by Andrew Hollinrake on 13 May 2012
Hoy and Walls
