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| Three Fathoms Bank, Solway Firth | ||
| Three Fathoms Bank | ||
| locality:- | Solway Firth | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sandbank | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9134 (etc) | |
| 10Km square:- | NX93 | |
| references:- | Hydrographic Office 1850s-90s |
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| evidence:- | HO chart:- Hydrographic Office 1850s onwards (edn 1973) placename:- Three Fathom Bank |
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| source data:- | Charts, Irish Sea, Solway Firth, etc, published by the Hydrographic Office from 1850s
onwards. "Three Fathom Bank" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Three Fathoms Bank item:- buoy, Three Fathom Bank; Three Fathom Bank buoy |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 387:- "... English channel, which lies between the shoals that extend seaward from the coast between Harrington and Dubmill point, on the east, and Workington bank, Three Fathoms bank, and Robin Rigg, on the west." goto sourcePage 392:- "..." "Three Fathoms bank (Lat. 54~ 41' N., Long. 3~ 39' W.) with a least depth of 1 3/4 fathoms (3m2) over it, and with depths of less than 5 fathoms (9m1) over it over a distance of nearly 5 miles, lies roughly parallel with the coast northward of Workington, at a distance of about 3 1/2 miles from it. The centre of the shallow part of the bank lies about 3 1/2 miles north-westward of Workington pierhead." "There is a great overfall about this bank during the ebb tide with westerly winds." "A can buoy, painted in red and white vertical stripes and marked "Three Fathom Bank," is moored near the 3-fathom (5m5) line eastward of the shallowest part of the bank, about 3 1/2 miles north-westward of Workington pierhead." |
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