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Filey Bay Initiative Restoration of a torpedo engine All the pictures are the copyright of Filey Bay Initiative or Steve Griffiths In 2003, a special joint operation by the Royal Navy, Filey Lifeboat and Filey Coastguards was mounted to recover a torpedo air tank that was drifting at sea to the north of Filey Brigg and was a declared hazard to shipping. The torpedo was surveyed by Royal Navy divers and when declared inert, the device was secured and towed to the beach to the south of Filey where it was blown up by the Navy as a precaution. Pip Farline, lifeboat crewman, recovered the remains of the device from the beach for the town and the Filey Bay Initiative undertook to remove the engine from the casing and, with storage provided by Mel Whittaker, was able to hold it until the Receiver of Wreck assigned the ownership to the Initiative.
The engine is currently being stripped and restored by Steve Griffiths of the FBI for display as an important part of our maritime heritage and some pictures of his work are shown here, these will be updated. Work continues into identifying the nationality and type of torpedo engine but there are few clues to work on. Despite various enquiries and internet searches FBI are no nearer to solving this mystery.
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