the Strait of Dover
Dover Strait

It had been at anchor a long time out here in the Straits of Dover.

It was able to make the journey across the Straits of Dover in around three hours.

There is a marked passage in spring through the Straits of Dover.

They were particularly successful in the Straits of Dover.

Originally there was an isthmus across the Strait of Dover.

The Strait of Dover is the busiest stretch of water in the world.

To do so, particularly against U-boats, the Strait of Dover had to be controlled.

Second: the main thrust, across the Strait of Dover to the Calais coast.

The Channel can be rough and so can the Straits of Dover.

The cliffs themselves were formed at the same time as the Straits of Dover, by ice-age floods.

Adding that he expected the Allies to subsequently attack in force across the Straits of Dover.

It presents a bold cliff to the sea, and commands views over the Strait of Dover.

Its name is the French equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders.

This overflow channel was gradually widened and deepened into the Strait of Dover.

He has a vision of himself in the Strait of Dover, stroking for hours on end before reaching his reward.

The following day she proceeding westwards at nearly full speed through calm seas into a strong head wind, within the Strait of Dover.

Both observe and authenticate cross-Channel swims in the Strait of Dover.

During that night Galatea was sent to patrol the Straits of Dover but made no contact with the enemy.

Airy was doubtless led to this investigation by his study of the tidal phenomena in the Straits of Dover.

"You would just hand over the Straits of Dover to the Germans, would you?

The Army wanted a broad front from the Straits of Dover to Lyme Bay.

After clearing the Straits of Dover she encountered stormy weather in the English Channel.

The vessel is named after its location on the Sandettie Bank, in the Strait of Dover.

France, too, had suffered damage, and as far away as the Straits of Dover shipping had been in trouble, the losses unknown.

It was bound across the North Sea and the Strait of Dover to England when the accident occurred.

In the Dover Strait the water is about 30 meters deep.

The Dover Strait alone sees more than 400 commercial vessels a day.

There's a ship-traffic-control radar at Dover Strait, but not here.

Even in the peak summer months, you can take the car and family across the Dover Strait and back for under £100 return.

Matt got violently seasick on the rough trip across the Dover Strait.

The ship moved sedately out of the calm of the bay into the Dover Straits.

For the duration of the war the Dover Strait was closed by anti-submarine nets and minefields.

If it doesn't resume or is not replaced, capacity on the Dover Straits will be tighter this year, and fares may rise.

April 6 - Dover Straits earthquake.

A German attack on these vessels resulted in the Battle of Dover Strait in 1917.

Of the three, Scharnhorst suffered extensive damage, having struck a naval mine laid off the Dover Straits.

Less than a day later the frigate transited Dover Strait and entered the English Channel.

The Dover Straits earthquake of 1580, possibly the largest ever recorded in England, caused a great deal of devastation.

Raeder therefore argued strongly that the front be shortened - to run only from the Dover Straits to Eastbourne.

One of the objectives was to see whether there was any sign of the geological fault that might have caused the 1580 Dover Straits earthquake.

Falls (Dover Strait)

European Historical Earthquakes Archive: the 1580 Dover Straits earthquake.

The latter featured a brutal stretch of sailing in the English Channel after the fleet passed the Dover Straits.

The Dover Strait is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, although there is very little commercial shipping traffic using the small harbour.

But the British are still dragging their feet even when I said we'd do the same for the Dover Straits, which would protect their home waters.

Bullock Bank station in the Dover Strait, for example, was reported out of position last January and was eventually recovered 61 nautical miles away.

Set forth in verse and prose, by Thomas Churchyard, gentleman provides the earliest accounts of the 1580 Dover Straits earthquake.

For 11 hours the German fleet sailed from Brest into the English Channel to the Dover Straits.

It was into this pattern that the Dover Straits earthquake of 1580 and the 2008 Lincolnshire earthquake, the latter marked by an orange star, fell.

At the outset of the war, an attempt was made to block the path of U-boats through the Dover Strait with naval minefields.