HMS Stirling Castle (1679)
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HMS Stirling Castle was a 70-gun third-rate built at Deptford Dockyard, in 1678/79. She was in active commission for the War of the English Succession, fighting in the Battles of Beachy Head and Barfl
Stirling Castle by Willem van de Velde
Goodwin Sands
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Goodwin Sands is a 10-mile-long sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea lying 6 miles off the Deal coast in Kent, England. The area consists of a layer of approximately 25 m depth of fine sand r
HMS Stirling Castle (1679)
…and Barfleur. HMS Stirling Castle underwent a rebuild at Chatham Dockyard in 1699. She was in the Cadiz operation in 1702. The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands off Deal on 27 November 1703. The remains are now a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England. She was the first vessel to bear the name Stirling…
North Foreland Lighthouse.
South Foreland Lighthouse once known as South Foreland Upper.
South Foreland Low Lighthouse now known as Old St Margaret's Lighthouse.
A view of Goodwin Sands off the Kentish coast viewed from the window of an Airbus A320 at 39000 ft