London, England (CNN) -- Nestled in a sheltered bay on the English Channel coast, Weymouth is one of Britain's most picturesque seaside towns.

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The storm cut a channel between the ocean and Barnegat Bay, severing the town in two before repairs filled the breach.

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He is keeping details about the channel under wraps, partly to build suspense and partly to keep competitors at bay.

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West Angle Bay, on the southern shore of Milford Haven, faces directly out to the mid-channel rock where the Empress foundered and has also been used for many years as a living laboratory by the nearby Orielton Field Studies centre.

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"I took the telescope and looked out at the channel, first right, then left and then at the cruiser which was moored in the bay, " Ignacy Skowron remembered.

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