Lydd Y station
Lydd Y Station was a British military base . It was in the south east of England near the town of Lydd in Kent . During the Second World War , there was an important listening point for the British secret service .
history
During the Second World War, Lydd was an important radio direction finding station ( Y station ). It was exposed to the extreme southeast on the British main island and was therefore an important base for locating enemy radio stations , especially the German submarines operating in the Atlantic .
literature
- Ralph Erskine : Shore High-Frequency Direction-Finding in the Battle of the Atlantic - An Undervalued Intelligence Asset. Journal of Intelligence History, Volume 4/2, 2004.
Web links
- Ralph Erskine: Shore High-Frequency Direction-Finding in the Battle of the Atlantic - An Undervalued Intelligence Asset. Taylor & Francis Online
- WWII Signals Intelligence II , accessed August 21, 2018.
- Admiralty Civilian Shore Wireless Service , accessed August 21, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ralph Erskine: Shore High-Frequency Direction-Finding in the Battle of the Atlantic - An Undervalued Intelligence Asset. Journal of Intelligence History, Volume 4/2, 2004, p. 6.
Arkley View | Beaumanor | Beeston Hill | Bletchley | Brora | Chatham | Chicksands | Denmark Hill | Flowerdown | Forest Moor | Hanslope | Harpenden | Hawklaw | Knockholt | Lydd | Scarborough | Southwold | Whaddon Hall | Wick
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E