Kentish Knock (England)

Ecology

Maritime history

• 1652 - Battle of the Kentish Knock
• 1820 - First reliable mapping of Kentish Knock by triangulation from Essex, by Thomas
• 1821 - Wreck of the East Indiaman
• 1824 - Buoy placed on the east side of the Knock
• 1836 - The Nancy ran aground on the Knock, broke up, and was washed up at Margate.
• 1840 - Buoy replaced by a light vessel, the LV Kentish Knock
• 1860 - Wreck of the Dutch galliott Hillechina
• 1875 - Wreck of the SS Deutschland
• 1892 - Wreck of the steamer Dilsberg, of Glasgow
• 1894 - Telephone cable laid from mainland to light vessel
• 1916 - Crash of the German Zeppelin L15
• 1917 - Probable destruction of the German U-boat SM UC-6, either by mine nets or by British seaplane 8676
• 1940 - Sinking of the G class Destroyer HMS Grenville after hitting a mine.
• 1949 to 1953 - Trinity House light vessel No.8 stationed here
• 1953 to 1955 - Trinity House light vessel No.14 stationed here
• 1959 and 1963 - A different light vessel was stationed here
• 1963 to 1966 - Trinity House Lightvessel No. 20 stationed here
• 1974 to 1975 - Trinity House lightvessel No. 23 stationed here
• 1984 to 1991 - Trinity House Lightvessel No. 3 stationed here
• 2011 - By this date only a lighted buoy remained
• 2014 - Phase 2 of the London Array wind farm was reported to have been cancelled because of concerns over the safety of red-throated divers