sheerness

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The ship which grounded on a sandbank near Sheerness, Kent in World War Two is decaying.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2024

There will be no service on the Sheerness line after 10:00 for the rest of the day, and there are cancellations on the high speed line to and from London St Pancras throughout the day.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023

Many people trace Sheppey’s decline to the closure of the Sheerness Naval Dockyard in 1960, which threw thousands out of work.

From Reuters • Mar. 26, 2021

The officer got better and took Talbor to see the English King Charles II, then visiting the port city of Sheerness.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020

Well, dear, I had learned to love Nero, and love him well, when I received an appointment to join the flagship at Sheerness.

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon