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Warfleet Creek is a small triangular tidal inlet in the west side of the River Dart Estuary in England . It is near Dartmouth, Devon . It has steep rocky sides. At low tide there is a stony beach with some small rockpools. British Underwater Centre The British Underwater Centre was one of the Premises along its north side. It had anchorage for boats, and facilities for training in Scuba Diving and Standard Diving . It was run by Captain Trevor Hampton who was based there for many years. Etymology According to "The place-names of Devon", by J E B Gover, A Mawer and F M Stenton, volume 1 page 321, the etymology is uncertain. But since all early spellings have Wal- or Wel-, it is not named after the "war fleets" of the Crusade s of 1147 and 1190, although the harbour of Dartmouth has seen many other war fleets, not least the American fleet en route to Utah Beach on D Day . The second element comes from Anglo-Saxon ''flēot'' = " Estuary , Tidal Creek ". One possibility is Anglo-Saxon ''Wēala flēot'' = "the estuary or creek of the Briton s", if the Anglo-Saxons arriving found a settlement of Celtic -speaking British natives there (perhaps using it as a Fishing Boat harbor). See also Fort Bovisand EXTERNAL LINKS
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