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Deal is a coastal town in Kent, England, which lies where the North Sea and the English Channel meet, 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Dover and 8 miles (13 km) south of Ramsgate. It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town whose history is closely linked to the anchorage in the Downs .
1848 chart showing the position of the Downs off the coast of Kent. NB: depths are in fathoms. The Downs is a roadstead (an area of sheltered, favourable sea) in the southern North Sea near the English Channel, off the east Kent coast in southern England, between the North and the South Foreland, near the town of Deal.
This is found in East Kent roughly between Deal, Canterbury, and Dover. The Coal Measures within the Westphalian Sandstone are about 820–1,310 ft (250–400 m) deep, and are subject to flooding. They occur in two major troughs, which extend under the English Channel.
The winter of 1962 to 1963 was one of the coldest on record in the UK as temperatures plummeted to -20C. It was so severe, the sea froze over one mile from the shore in Herne Bay, Kent.
After 67 years service, 420 launches, and 859 lives saved, North Deal Lifeboat Station was closed in September 1932. The lifeboat on station at the time, Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No.2) (ON 552) was retired and sold, and was last reported as a yacht in 2019. The lifeboat house still stands, and is currently in use by 'Deal Angling Club (1919)'.
Goodwin Sands is a 10-mile-long (16 km) sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea lying 6 miles (10 km) off the Deal coast in Kent, England. [1] The area consists of a layer of approximately 25 m (82 ft) depth of fine sand resting on an Upper Chalk platform belonging to the same geological feature that incorporates the White Cliffs of Dover.
The sea's influence in the south-west usually prevents cold temperatures, however temperatures can plummet during periods of cold easterly air flow: all of which have been recorded in January. In 1987 the minimum temperature recorded at St Mawgan , Cornwall was −9 °C (16 °F) and −7.2 °C (19.0 °F) was noted on the Isles of Scilly.
The last All-weather lifeboat at Walmer was the RNLB Hampshire Rose (ON 1024). Launching 132 times in 15 years, she would save 57 lives. Launching 132 times in 15 years, she would save 57 lives. In 1964, a D-class (RFD PB16) Inshore lifeboat had been placed at Walmer.