Gudwin [1] [2] ( English Goodwin Sands [2] - “Sands of Goodwin”) - shallows [1] in the southern part of the North Sea , are located north of the northeastern tip of the Strait of Pas de Calais , at about 10 km from Deal on the coast of Kent , UK . Between the shallows of Goodwin and the Kent coast, there is a sheltered downs anchorage [3] . They are a 16-kilometer group of shoals, notorious for the fact that more than 2,000 ships died here. The reason for this abundance of shipwrecks is that the shallows are located on busy sea lanes.
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The appearance of shallows
At the beginning of the second millennium ( AD ), the Lomea island ( Lomea ), with an area of about 1600 hectares (about 4000 acres ), was located on the site of the shallows. Gradually, the sea blurred the coast of the island. Therefore, local churchmen raised money from the population for the construction of the dam. However, the clergy instead spent the collected money to repair the local church. As a result, around the year 1100, the sea eroded the island, and shallows formed in its place [4] .
According to another hypothesis, the islands of Lomea never existed. That is, once there was land, but it became shallows between 7600 BC. e. and 5000 BC e., that is, in prehistoric times.
General information
It was not possible to put stationary lighthouses on the shallows, since the sands do not support the weight of a stone building. Around the shallows were set floating beacons: "North Goodwin", "South Goodwin", "East Goodwin". In 1954, in a storm, one of these lighthouses - South Goodwin - was thrown aground and died.
Attempts to drill in the shallows revealed that the sands are abundantly saturated with the remains of ships that died in the shallows for several centuries [4] .
Shipwrecks
Crayons have the property that sand is washed out by the surf from under a stranded ship so that as a result the ship breaks in half [4] .
Famous lost ships
| No. | Stranded Date | Ship | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | 1690 | HMS Vanguard (1678) | |
| 2 | 1703 | HMS Stirling Castle (1679) | In the Great Storm of 1703 . |
| 3 | 1703 | HMS Northumberland (1679) | In the Great Storm of 1703. |
| four | 1703 | HMS Restoration (1678) | In the Great Storm of 1703. |
| five | 1703 | HMS Mary (1650) | In the Great Storm of 1703. |
| 6 | 1703 | Hms mortar | In the Great Storm of 1703. He died with all 65 crew members. |
| 7 | 1740 | Rooswijk | |
| eight | February 13, 1748 | Lady Lovibond | According to legend (possibly a fictional ship). |
| 9 | 1851 | Mary White (lifeboat) | He died on the Creek of Goodwin in a storm in 1851. Seven crew members were rescued by a lifeboat from Broadstairs . |
| ten | January 05, 1857 | SS The Violet | He died with 17 crew members, a postal guard and one passenger. |
| eleven | 1907 | Belgian cargo ship SS Cap Lopez | |
| 12 | 1909 | SS Mahratta (1891) | The ship of the same name died in 1939 (see below). |
| 13 | 1914 | SS Montrose (1897) | |
| 14 | December 15, 1915 | Naval minesweeper HMT Etoile Polaire | It was blown up by a mine and died on Meli Goodwin (during the First World War ). |
| 15 | 1939 | SS Mahratta (1917) | The ship of the same name died in 1909 (see above). |
| sixteen | June 1953 | Cargo ship "Prospector" | SS Chusan he collided with the Prospector cargo ship near Meli Goodwin, inflicted great damage on him and almost sunk it (so the Prospector suffered damage not from the shallow). |
| 17 | 1954 | South Goodwin Floating Lighthouse | Thrown aground in a storm. |
| 18 | November 1991 | MV Ross Revenge | Ship off-shore pirate radio station Radio Caroline . This shipwreck actually ended its existence in the UK. |
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Dead plane
On August 26, 1940, after a bombardment on Mel Goodwin, a German bomber of the Dornier Do 17 Z2 type made an emergency landing . 2 (two) out of 4 (out of four) crew members died when the plane hit during landing, the rest were captured. The plane was discovered in the sands in September 2008, and on June 10, 2013 was lifted from the sands. It is planned to restore this aircraft, as it is one of the two surviving aircraft of this type.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Map sheet M-31-28 . Scale: 1: 100,000 .
- ↑ 1 2 Goodwin Sands . Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary . Date of treatment March 11, 2018.
- ↑ Davies JD Pepys's Navy: Ships, Men and Warfare 1649-89 . - Seaforth Publishing, 2008 .-- S. 193. - ISBN 9781848320147 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Belousov R. S. "Secrets of marine disasters: Historical essays." - M .: AST , 1997, (Interesting story), - ISBN 5-7390-0127-7 , ISBN 5-7841-0176-5
Sources
Literature
- Belousov R. S. Secrets of marine disasters: Historical essays. - M .: AST , 1997, (Interesting story), - ISBN 5-7390-0127-7 , ISBN 5-7841-0176-5