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English Channel, the Downs, the Hammer and Anvil
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:17:28 -0500, wrote:
That's the spot. Do you have any charts of this area? Sorry, but I couldn't find anything. Are you reading about a sea-battle? "THE DOWNS is also the name of a roadstead in the English Channel off Deal between the North and the South Foreland. It forms a favorite anchorage during heavy weather, protected on the east by the Goodwin Sands and on the north and west by the coast. It has depths down to 12 fathoms. Even during southerly gales some shelter is afforded, though under this condition wrecks are not infrequent." |
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English Channel, the Downs, the Hammer and Anvil
No, I was reading about a bunch of boats caught in there
and how one weatherly schooner escaped by sailing between the Hammer and Anvil. Those may be fictional or real. If real, I'd like to see it in detail. Master and Commander Series, Vol 17 The schooner was the "Ringle". "thunder" wrote Sorry, but I couldn't find anything. Are you reading about a sea-battle? "THE DOWNS is also the name of a roadstead in the English Channel off Deal between the North and the South Foreland. It forms a favorite anchorage during heavy weather, protected on the east by the Goodwin Sands and on the north and west by the coast. It has depths down to 12 fathoms. Even during southerly gales some shelter is afforded, though under this condition wrecks are not infrequent." |
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English Channel, the Downs, the Hammer and Anvil
It was real, though I hve no chart of it. I have seen references to it in a
number of scholarly works (Naval histories) over the years. Don't know how the centuries have changed it. "Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ... No, I was reading about a bunch of boats caught in there and how one weatherly schooner escaped by sailing between the Hammer and Anvil. Those may be fictional or real. If real, I'd like to see it in detail. Master and Commander Series, Vol 17 The schooner was the "Ringle". "thunder" wrote Sorry, but I couldn't find anything. Are you reading about a sea-battle? "THE DOWNS is also the name of a roadstead in the English Channel off Deal between the North and the South Foreland. It forms a favorite anchorage during heavy weather, protected on the east by the Goodwin Sands and on the north and west by the coast. It has depths down to 12 fathoms. Even during southerly gales some shelter is afforded, though under this condition wrecks are not infrequent." |
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English Channel, the Downs, the Hammer and Anvil
I found an old chart. I'm guessing the hammer and
anvil is either fictional or else to the east side near the sand bar. "thunder" wrote That's the spot. Do you have any charts of this area? Sorry, but I couldn't find anything. Are you reading about a sea-battle? "THE DOWNS is also the name of a roadstead in the English Channel off Deal between the North and the South Foreland. It forms a favorite anchorage during heavy weather, protected on the east by the Goodwin Sands and on the north and west by the coast. It has depths down to 12 fathoms. Even during southerly gales some shelter is afforded, though under this condition wrecks are not infrequent." |
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