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Newhaven Seaplane Base

Derelict WWI seaplane base, East Sussex

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Newhaven Seaplane Base is today the derelict site of an experimental seaplane base at the head of the beach east of Newhaven Harbour, seaward of Tide Mills, East Sussex, England.

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Formation of No. 242 Squadron RAF

15 August 1918

Archaeological surveys expose remains

2006

Sussex Archaeological Society excavation begins

April 2006

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United Kingdom

Coordinates

50.78° N, 0.06° E