had a chat with mum and she was right all along IT WAS an ariel torpedo , but it wasnt up here in middlesboro , turns out it happened when she was evacuated to stay with grandads family in PLYMOUTH , she lived on the embankment near devonport docks ?
so theres the nautical target conection, will go on the web and find more about these docks during the war , will start with plymouth newspaper archive thanx for all your help , P.S. Niel Medcalf your living dangerously mate , as it turns out she was buzz bombed as well ( later on in london ), and says she,s not bloody likely to mix the two up!!!!!! thanx anyway.
also thanx to gent who posted photo wow these things were huge …..
no wonder it demolished a row of houses , and thank god it didnt detonate !!! I wouldnt be writing this ….. sobering thought.