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- The_Downs abstract "The Downs are a roadstead or area of sea in the southern North Sea near the English Channel off the east Kent coast, between the North and the South Foreland in southern England. In 1639 the Battle of the Downs took place here, when the Dutch navy destroyed a Spanish fleet which had sought refuge in neutral English waters. From Elizabethan times, the presence of Downs helped to make Deal one of the premier ports in England, and in the 19th century, it was equipped with its own telegraph and timeball tower to enable ships to set their marine chronometers.The anchorage has depths down to 12 fathoms (22 m). Even during southerly gales some shelter was afforded, though under this condition wrecks were not infrequent. Storms from any direction could also drive ships onto the shore or onto the sands, which—in spite of providing the sheltered water—were constantly shifting, and not always adequately marked.The Downs served in the age of sail as a permanent base for warships patrolling the North Sea and a gathering point for refitted or newly built ships coming out of Chatham Dockyard, such as HMS Bellerophon, and formed a safe anchorage during heavy weather, protected on the east by the Goodwin Sands and on the north and west by the coast. The Downs also lie between the Strait of Dover and the Thames Estuary, so both merchant ships awaiting an easterly wind to take them into the English Channel and those going up to London gathered there, often for quite long periods. According to the Deal Maritime Museum and other sources, there are records of as many as 800 sailing ships at anchor at one time.In the present day, with the English Channel still the busiest shipping lane in the world, cross-Channel ferries and other ships still seek shelter here.".
- The_Downs thumbnail Anchor_and_Timeball_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407046.jpg?width=300.
- The_Downs wikiPageExternalLink dealtimeball.tripod.com.
- The_Downs wikiPageExternalLink history.html.
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- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_the_Downs.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bodies_of_water_of_England.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bodies_of_water_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_Channel.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Category:Landforms_of_Kent.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Chatham_Dockyard.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Coast.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Deal,_Kent.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink English_Channel.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Fathom.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Gale.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Goodwin_Sands.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Kent.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink London.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink North_Foreland.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink North_Sea.
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- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Strait_of_Dover.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Thames_Estuary.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink Time_ball.
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- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLink File:Anchor_and_Timeball_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407046.jpg.
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLinkText "Downs anchorage".
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLinkText "Downs".
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLinkText "Downs, England".
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLinkText "English Downs".
- The_Downs wikiPageWikiLinkText "The Downs".
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- The_Downs subject Category:Bodies_of_water_of_England.
- The_Downs subject Category:Bodies_of_water_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- The_Downs subject Category:English_Channel.
- The_Downs subject Category:Landforms_of_Kent.
- The_Downs hypernym Roadstead.
- The_Downs point "51.1856 1.4897".
- The_Downs type Place.
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- The_Downs comment "The Downs are a roadstead or area of sea in the southern North Sea near the English Channel off the east Kent coast, between the North and the South Foreland in southern England. In 1639 the Battle of the Downs took place here, when the Dutch navy destroyed a Spanish fleet which had sought refuge in neutral English waters.".
- The_Downs label "The Downs".
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- The_Downs sameAs Даунс_(Великобритания).
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- The_Downs lat "51.1856".
- The_Downs long "1.4897".
- The_Downs wasDerivedFrom The_Downs?oldid=666293211.
- The_Downs depiction Anchor_and_Timeball_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407046.jpg.
- The_Downs isPrimaryTopicOf The_Downs.