Naval Service FOI Cell 
Navy Command Headquarters 
MP 1-4 
 Navy Command 
Leach Building 
   
Whale Island 
 
PORTSMOUTH PO2 8BY 
 
 
 
Telephone:  02392 625081 
 
Military:  93832 5081 
 
DII:  FLEET-DCS-INFO-FOI1 
Our Ref: 22-10-2008-081736-002 
E-mail: [email address] 
 
 
  22 October 2008  
 
Mr J Postle 
 
[email address]  
 
Dear Mr Postle 
 
Request for Information – Acknowledgement 
 
Thank you for your request for information received 22 October 2008.  Your enquiry has 
been considered to be a request for information in accordance with the Freedom of 
Information Act 2000. 
 
This letter is to acknowledge receipt of your request and to inform you that generally, in 
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 a response is to be given within 20 
working days of your application i.e. 18 November 2008 .  However, if your request is 
voluminous or complex it may take some time to process in which case we will advise you 
further. 
 
A copy of your question as received by this office is attached.   
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
Amanda Brown 
 
 
 
 

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Request for Information 
 
It is recorded that an incident took place off the coast at Shingle Street in Suffolk between 
1939 - 1945 with an eye-witness account that the 'whole sea appeared to be on fire' Is 
there any information available to the public as to what actually happened ? 
 

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