Talk:Goodwin Sands

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I believe the Ian Flemming James Bond book Moonraker takes place, at least partially, on the Goodwin Sands. I will confirm shortly. Can anyone confirm the 1950's ship wreck Flemming mentions?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Illcommunication (talk • contribs) 18:26, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

The Lady Lovibond story is legendary, rather than factual, and cannot be substantiated in any known records of wrecks or sources from the period, e.g. Lloyd's List, Lloyd's Register, contemporary newspapers or diaries or any other sources. It's a romantic story, but that's all it is, I'm afraid. Vandenwyngaerde (talk) 18:01, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Map
Map would be useful. Drutt (talk) 16:27, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

It would be more accurate to say that the sands are in the North Sea. They are not in the Channel! See IHO, International Hydrographic Office for geographical limits to these. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.17.85.166 (talk) 21:57, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Notable events — 11th Century
The citation for the supposed inundation of farmland that now forms the Goodwin Sands is Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Is it right to justify a statement of fact to an acknowledged fable? Tagged --217.155.32.221 (talk) 15:17, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

--Because this section is directly contradicted by the preceding section, which is sourced to scientific, rather than folkloric, references, it should be eliminated. The preceding section clearly sets out the apocryphal nature of the story. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:02, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

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Who was Goodwin?
Any clues? Valetude (talk) 03:01, 8 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Read the section Island of Lomea, in particular the link to Godwin, Earl of Wessex. He was the father of King Harold Godwinson of 1066 fame. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 08:30, 8 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you, Martin. And forgive my carelessness. Valetude (talk) 00:32, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Controversial dredging
There is no explanation of why it was "controversial". The reference URL is dead, and archive.org has only the front page which does not mention it. Davidships (talk) 07:24, 9 June 2022 (UTC) (added with this diff) Davidships (talk) 07:43, 11 June 2022 (UTC)