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Deal Castle |
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| Lat. 51° 13' N — Long. 01° 24' E, United Kingdom, England | |
| Deal Castle was a well-known navigational landmark, located to the south west of the centre of the Kent market town of Deal. |
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In the eighteenth century, the trade of Deal Castle was largely the supply of provisions and naval stores to ships anchored in the nearby Downs, a safe anchorage about 23 kilometres long and 10 kilometres wide between the shore and the Goodwin Sands. The Downs anchorage was a place where large fleets of wind-bound vessels could lie in safety. In Cook's day, Deal men were highly regarded as pilots. Deal was also a centre of boat building. One small and highly manoeuvrable craft for ferrying shipping provisions and stores to waiting built in centres along the Kent coast was known as a 'Deal Gallery'. |
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Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004 Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au Prepared by: Paul Turnbull Updated: 28 June 2004 To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-P000013 |