questions from layman

[pitivw]

Hi folks. I don´t want you to bother so much.
I am a writer trainee doing a short story about two people crossing Bristol Channel from Bristol to Cardiff during 1944. I am wondering if you could please answer some questions to make an actual story. Of course, I´ve never been there.

How long (time) Bristol-Cardiff is by boat (1944 Royal Navy Patrol boat)?
Had Cardiff got a Royal Navy Base in 1944?, I suppose Bristol had it.
Is Bristol Channel usually heavy swell?

thank you very much.
Miguel -Spain

 

[fergie_mac66]

1 Around an hour 15/20 knot depends on tide direction
2 dont know but probably
3 can be heavy swell depends or at least rough depends on wind direction and tide

 

[Allan]

One of the most important things about the Bristol channel is the tide. In lots of places it can rise 10m. This means that there are a lot of places that are inaccessable for much of the time. Bristol harbour is only open for a couple of hours before high tide. In those days Cardiff bay dried out almost completely at times. The strength of the tidal streams can also have a big effect on passage time. I would have thought one and a half hours from Bristol to Cardiff as the first part of the trip is down the river which a navy boat would do quite slowly.
Allan

 

[Zephyr362]

Would have thought 1 1/2 - 2 hours depending upon the weather, can get quite nasty with the Bristol Channel chop, even for a heavyish small boat such as MTB.
Not sure what was in Cardiff Navy wise, have a look at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/00/a5676500.shtml there seems to be quite a bit of activity and as coal was king at the time and more coal came out of Cardiff than anywhere else then big ships must have come in from time to time as well as carriers
Barry was set up as a forward base for the Americans should an invasion by the Germans have been carried out. Quite a few sandbanks to watch out for if the tide is not at its best, swell or waves could be very interesting to cross, especially pre GPS, moving sands etc etc

 

[Csail]

Hi, why not try here http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operati...f-swansea/news/a-diamond-year-for-hms-cambria

With the draught ship need i would reckon 2-3 hrs to Bristol.

 

[lancelot]

Questions from Layman

HMS Cambria was a base for the RNR in Cardiff docks, or as it was known then RNVR.
Fair winds,
Lancelot

 

[mrbloto]

hi there my father was on the mtb in the end of the last war he was staitoned in neyland they were covering st georges channel the western approaches the bristol channel there was a royal navy base at pembroke dock which is on the opposite shore to neyland

 

[chrishelen]

HMS Cambria was a base for the RNR in Cardiff docks, or as it was known then RNVR.
Fair winds,
Lancelot

Now in sully.

 

[trapezeartist]

Hi Miguel

I hope you've understood the replies. The writers don't seem to have made much allowance for you not being a native speaker. Si quieres más explicación en español, dime.

 

[pitivw]

Big people on this forum.
apologize for delaying.
Thank you all, mainly to Trapezeartist for disposal to translate.
I´ve just become awared of automathic spanish translation (rubbish) but I am able to understand better from english .
I have got doubts on chrishelen - lancelot post meaning.
I am into job. I hope to be here soon -to ask something else, of course.
thank you all of you again.
Miguel