Historic Cannon Returned to its Dutch Home
An official ceremony marking the handing back by the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency of a bronze cannon to the city where it was first made, has been held in Zierikzee, Netherlands. The cannon had been brought ashore by commercial diver Vincent Woolsgrove from off the Kent coast but was recovered by the MCA during a search warrant executed in 2011. Woolsgrove was charged with fraud offences relating to other Dutch cannons and is currently serving a two year sentence after pleading guilty. The minion cannon which weighs one ton and is 9 foot long, was transported back to
UK Divers Fined for Undeclared Shipwreck Raids
from Sandgate, had previously pleaded guilty to 19 offences between them, contrary to section 236 and section 237 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. Knight was fined £7,000 and Huzzey £6,500. They were each ordered to pay £25,000 in costs. Items were taken from shipwrecks off the Kent coast, with the first known objects removed in 2001. The shipwrecks targeted included German submarines from World War I and an unknown 200 year old wreck carrying English East India Company cargo. The items included eight bronze cannons, three propellers from German submarines, lead and tin ingots
Divers Guilty of Raiding Historic Shipwrecks
have pleaded guilty to not declaring valuable items from shipwrecks off the U.K. coast. David Knight and Edward Huzzey, both from Sandgate, admitted to 19 offences between them, contrary to section 236 and section 237 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. Items were taken from shipwrecks off the Kent coast, with the first known objects removed in 2001. The shipwrecks targeted included German submarines from World War I and an unknown 200 year old wreck carrying English East India Company cargo. The items included eight bronze cannons, three propellers from German submarines, lead and tin ingots
Seaflex Bouyancy Shows Real Utility
power cable to the onshore power management station in Kent The final connection of the power cable to each wind turbine Seaflex were contacted by Ballast Nedam B.V. with the request to supply bespoke buoyancy modules to be fitted inside mono piles prior to tow out to the site off the Kent coast from Vlissingen in Holland. Each monopile was of tubular steel construction at 4.5m diameter and up to 65m long. With a wall thickness of 75mm – 80mm each monopile weighed in the region of 400t. Seaflex were contracted to manufacture 6 x 88t Inflatable Buoyancy Units with a diameter
February 2024
