Nore

The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the River Thames, England.

From 1732 the sandbank was marked by the Nore lightship, the first lightship in the world, placed here as an experiment by Mr Hamblin, its patentee. The early Nore lightships were small wooden ships, often Dutch-built galliots. By the end of the 19th century a larger ship with revolving light was used, but after about 1915 the lightship was abandoned and not replaced. The point where the lightship used to be anchored, between Shoeburyness and the Isle of Sheppey, is now marked by Sea Reach No. 1 Bouy and is considered the limit of the Thames and the beginning of the North Sea.

In 1797 the neighbouring anchorage was the scene of a mutiny in the British fleet then lying here, known as the Mutiny of the Nore.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

External links

• Trinity House lightvessels