Southwold Y Station

Southwold is on the east coast of England

The HRO of the National Radio Company was the most widely used wireless receiver in the British Y stations

Southwold Y station was during the Second World War, a military base of the British Royal Navy (RN) ( Royal Navy ). It was near Easton Bavents near the eastern English port city of Southwold and thus not far from the most eastern part of the United Kingdom . An important listening point for the British secret service was located here .

history

During the war, the RN confiscated a suitable high-rise building near the coast, installed the necessary antenna technology and equipped the Y station with the appropriate receiver technology. Wren , women in the Royal Navy, served as radio eavesdropping specialists.

literature

• Jack Copeland : Colossus: Breaking the German 'Tunny' Code at Bletchley Park . The Rutherford Journal. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
• Nigel West: Historical Dictionary of Signals Intelligence. Scarecrow Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-7187-8 .

Web links

• Noise Intercept station Item to Southwold Y Station (English)
• Photo of the antenna masts
• Photo from inside the wiretapping hut
• Floor plan of the listening barrack
• List of British Y-Stations

Individual evidence

1. ^ Royal Navy W / T Station at Southwold, October 24, 1944. (English). Retrieved April 30, 2019.
2. ↑ Noise Intercept Stations , accessed April 30, 2019.

Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 17 ″  N , 1 ° 41 ′ 10 ″  E