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Файл:Broad Fourteens delisle 1743.jpg
The Broad Fourteens on a map by Delisle (1743)

The Broad Fourteens is an area of the southern North Sea that is fairly consistently Шаблон:Convert deep. Thus, on a nautical chart with depths given in fathoms, a broad area with many "14" notations can be seen.

Extent

The Broad Fourteens region is located off the coast of the Netherlands and south of the Dogger Bank, roughly between longitude 3°E and 4°30'E and latitude 52°30'N and 53°30'N. The area is known to the Dutch and German navies as the Breeveertien. Geologically it is comparable to the Long Forties, another submerged plateau that has related origins.Шаблон:Fact

Naval battles

Naval engagements in the region have included the torpedoing of three British cruisers in the action of 22 September 1914.[1]

Navigation

The shallowness of this area means that the largest oil tankers when fully loaded cannot traverse the Broad Fourteens to reach the English Channel from the North Sea because their draft is too deep.[2]

In Media

The area features in the war-time documentary The Broad Fourteens[3] about Royal Navy Motor Torpedo Boats operating in that area.


See also

References

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