Thames Estuary News

The red dots mark locations of Cefas maintained buoys, with graphs showing sea temperatures from three sites in the southern North sea and eastern English Channel. (Image: Cefas)

New WaveNet Data Shows Record UK Sea Temperatures

Sea temperatures across the south and east of England hit record breaking levels this summer, new data published by Cefas shows.The data provided by WaveNet shows that sites in Tyne/Tees (off the Yorkshire coast), Dowsing, Southwold, Gabbard (in the southern North sea), South Knock (Thames estuary) and Hastings (in the English Channel) and around to Poole Bay in the Western Channel have reached new highs. In the southern North Sea, temperatures were above 20 degrees for several weeks and reached 21 degrees at South Knock beating the last 20 years of data previously collected.While these waters are

Vincent Woolsgrove with one of the Dutch cannons (Photo: Maritime and Coastguard Agency)

Diver Pleads Guilty to Fraud Involving Historic Cannons

bells etc.   Woolsgrove was then interviewed and disclosed that he had a further two unreported bronze armada cannons stored at his girlfriend’s house. When he was questioned regarding the previous Dutch cannons he stated that they were recovered from North Foreland but were towed to the Thames Estuary. During the investigation photographs were found on his computer showing the cannons being recovered off Southend.   Extensive research was then untaken by the MCA, Charles Trollope, a world authority on muzzle loading cannons, Frank Fox, an American Author of 16th-17th British Naval History

Seaflex buoyancy systems in action.

Seaflex Bouyancy Shows Real Utility

world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, today announced two key projects, involving buoyancy systems provided by Seaflex Ltd. World’s Largest Offshore Windfarm    The London Array is an offshore wind farm under construction in the outer Thames Estuary in the United Kingdom. With 1,000 megawatt (MW) capacity, it is expected to become the world's largest offshore wind farm.   Seaflex products played a key role in three critical phases of the windfarm construction Assistance with the float out of heavy gauge steel monopiles, on

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