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Lyme Bay is an area of the English Channel situated in the southwest of England between Torbay in the west and Portland in the east. The counties of Devon and Dorset are on the bay. The area around Lyme Bay is a World Heritage Site , known as the Jurassic Coast , for the abundance of Fossils found in the cliffs around the bay. The Jurassic Coast runs from near Swanage in East Dorset to near Exmouth in East Devon . Many of the earliest discoveries of Dinosaur and other Prehistoric Reptile remains were in the area surrounding Lyme Regis . Notable among these were the discoveries of Paleontologist and fossil collector Mary Anning in the 1820's. The weather in the bay is temperate by English standards, and far more temperate than many other places at a similar latitude. The reason for this is the warming action of the Gulf Stream . The area along the coast of Lyme Bay is thus a popular holiday destination, with many traditional British resorts such as Torquay . Lyme Bay was the site of Exercise Tiger , a practice for run for the D-Day invasion of France in 1944 , using the beach called Slapton Sands near Slapton as the practice landing area. The operation went horribly wrong when German E-boats appeared on the scene and killed 749 American Army and Navy personnel in the middle of the bay. The Diving off Lyme Bay can be superb, as well as some tank wrecks from the D-Day practice, the marine life is some of the best in Britain, and includes the Devon Cup Coral (Caryophyllia smithii), and rare Pink Sea Fan (Eunicella verrucosa). On 22 March 1993, four schoolchildren died while taking part in a canoe trip across Lyme Bay. Four other children, two instructors and a teacher survived. The party had run into difficulties straight away as one of the group kept capsizing. The group fragmented and was swept out to sea where their canoes were quickly swamped. The owner of the activity centre invloved and the centre itself were convicted of Corporate Manslaughter over the deaths. This was the first conviction for this offence in the UK. The owner was jailed for three years but his sentence was cut to two years on appeal. {Link without Title} Cities & towns and East Devon from Burton Bradstock .]]
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