Yarmouth Roads
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 The map shows the position of cockle gateway the principal Northern Channel into Yarmouth Roads. | |
| Location | Southern North Sea, United Kingdom |
Yarmouth Roads[1] is a coastal feature in Norfolk, England that was used by merchant and naval ships as an anchorage or roadstead[2] off Great Yarmouth.
Contents
1 Description
2 Other channels into the roads
3 Royal navy
4 See also
5 References
Description
The following is a description of Yarmouth Roads that appeared in The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1837.[3]
There have always been considered two principle channels or gatways into yarmouth roads - one at the northern extreme called the Cockle gatway, or between Cockle and Barber sands on the one side and, the Sea heads and Scroby
on the other side; leading in from the S.E. between the Corton sand on the one side, and the Kettle Bottom on the other. A secondary channel existing at the southern extremes of the roads and it is this principlal channel into the roads.
Other channels into the roads
There have been a number of other channels into yarmouth roads including: The St Nicholas Gat and the Hewett Channel.[4]
Yarmouth Roads was one of a number of strategic East Coast anchorages[5] used by the Royal Navy for its fleets between the 13th and 19th centuries[6][7]. Yarmouth was the headquarters of the English Navy's, Admiral of the North and his naval units from 1294 to 1412. Between 1652-1654 it was used by the Royal Navy for stationing its fleets during the First Anglo-Dutch War[8]. From 1781 to 1815 it was used as the base for the North Sea fleet. In 1801 it was the main assembly point for the British Fleet before its engagement at the Battle of Copenhagen.[9]
See also
- Roadstead
References
^ "Yarmouth Roads, United Kingdom - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org. geographic.org, 1995-2012. Retrieved 9 October 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Yarmouth Roads". www.mapcarta.com. Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ Authors, Various (2013). The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1837. Cambridge University Press. p. 106. ISBN 9781108053891.
^ Reporter, Staff (11 February 2010). "Sandbanks retain a deep fascination". Great Yarmouth Mercury. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ Davies, J. D. (2008). Pepys Navy: Ships, Men and Warfare 1649-89. Seaforth Publishing. p. 195. ISBN 9781783830220.
^ Knight, Roger; Wilcox, Martin Howard (2010). Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815: War, the British Navy and the Contractor State. Boydell & Brewer. p. 192. ISBN 9781843835646.
^ Coates, Liz (23 June 2016). "Former Great Yarmouth armoury honoured with blue plaque". Great Yarmouth Mercury. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ Davies, J. D. (2008). Pepys Navy: Ships, Men and Warfare 1649-89. Seaforth Publishing. p. 195. ISBN 9781783830220.
^ "THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN 2nd. April 1801 THE BRITISH FLEET" (PDF). www.nelson-society.com/. e Nelson Society. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
Coordinates: 52°35′N 1°47′E / 52.583°N 1.783°E / 52.583; 1.783