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Davy Jones Locker of the Thames and Ocean Sands
B R B Winslow warns that the Kentish Knock near the Thames estuary is the ocean’s deadliest trap. Treacherous sands grip ships, far from land and lifeboats, with other peril points like Hugli banks and Sable Island shoals. The piece narrates wrecks, dangers, and the absence of a lighthouse on Virgin Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davy Jones
Davy Jones’ Locker
Thames Estuary
British Naval Department
Thames Wouth
Lloyd's
Sind
Father Neptune
Toll
Margate
Thames Mouth
Hugil
Calcutta
New York
James and
Mary
English Channel
Shambles
Niagara
Portland
Europe
Sable Island
Sable Cape
Nova Scotia
Virgin Rock
mid-Atlantic
B. RB. Winslow
Los Angeles Times