Sheerness
Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ' N , 0 ° 46' E
Sheerness on Sea is an English city on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent . It belongs to the Swale administrative district and has a population of around 20,000. There has been a railway connection to the mainland via Queenborough since 1860 .
The port facilities on the west side of the town are important, as they are mainly used to handle cars and heavy industrial goods. Up until 1960 there was a Royal Navy Dockyard (shipyard, established in 1669) at the Thames estuary, the disused boat magazine No. 78 of which still exists.
In 1944 the American SS Richard Montgomery, laden with ammunition, ran aground and sank on the site . Because of the danger of explosion, the wreck was never recovered. There is still a risk of explosion there (2004, New Scientist).
The Olau Line operated a ferry service with two ships between Sheerness and Vlissingen in the Netherlands until 1994 .
On April 7, 2005, the Piano Man , who was initially unidentifiable, was found here on the beach .
Personalities
- Alice Cooper (1873–1967), American actress
- The German writer Uwe Johnson lived in Sheerness from 1974 until his death in February 1984 .
See also
- Last berth for The Fighting Temeraire (actually HMS Temeraire, 1798; well-known subject by JMW Turner), which was used as a training ship.
Web links
Clock tower from 1902 at the junction of High Street and Broadway
Sheerness Catholic Church
Residential street (Marine Parade) directly on the sea dike (on the right in the picture)
Masts of the sunken Richard Montgomery
Sheerness Beach
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