Goodwin Sands

[ good-win ]

noun

1. a line of shoals at the N entrance to the Strait of Dover, off the SE coast of England. 10 miles (16 km) long.

Goodwin Sands

/ ˈɡʊdwɪn /

plural noun

1. a dangerous stretch of shoals at the entrance to the Strait of Dover: separated from the E coast of Kent by the Downs roadstead

Example Sentences

The vessel, which was carrying coins and silver ingots, sank on Goodwin Sands in January 1740.

From BBC

Martijn Manders, project leader of the Rooswijk Excavation and Maritime Heritage programme manager at the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, said: "The Goodwin Sands has been a treacherous place for ships throughout the centuries and is now a treasure trove for archaeologists. "The rapidly shifting sands mean that the site is even more exposed now than it was during our initial dives to assess the condition of the Rooswijk last year.

From BBC

All 300 shipmen died when the vessel, carrying coins and silver ingots, sank on Goodwin Sands in January 1740.

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Divers have been exploring the wreck of a merchant ship that set out from the Netherlands in 1740 but sank on the notorious Goodwin Sands, off the Kent coast, with the loss of all 300 people on board.

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Shot down with the loss of two of its four crew on 26 August 1940 - at the height of the Battle of Britain - aircraft 5K-AR spent more than 70 years buried in the Goodwin Sands off the coast of Kent.

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