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| ⚫ | '''Les Hanois''' reef, a group of rocks to the south-west of [[Guernsey]] also known as '''Hanoveaux''',<ref name="Geody">{{cite web | url = http://www.geody.com/geospot.php?world=terra&ufi=-1176780&alc=lsh | title = Hanoveaux / Les Hanois, Guernsey | publisher = Geody }}</ref> are the westernmost point of the [[Channel Islands]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-10871200 | title = Guernsey Hanois fog horn silenced after two weeks | publisher = BBC News }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | '''Les Hanois''' reef, a group of rocks to the south-west of [[Guernsey]] also known as '''Hanoveaux''',<ref name="Geody">{{cite web |
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| ⚫ | It is the location of the [[Les Hanois Lighthouse]] operated by [[Trinity House]] which was built in 1862 from Cornish granite using a novel dovetail system to lock each stone with the vertically and horizontally adjacent stones.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Douglass |first1=James |title=On the Wolf Rock Lighthouse |journal=Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain |date=February 17, 1871 |volume=6 |pages=214–227}}</ref> It was built in the hope of reducing the number of ships being lost on the reef on the west coast of Guernsey; it undoubtedly saved a number of ships. However, the wrecks continued, the last disaster being the MV ''Prosperity'' in 1974, a freighter lost with all hands on La Conchée reef.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dafter |first=Ray |title=Guernsey Sentinel |publisher=Matfield Books |date=2003 |ISBN=0-9540595-1-4}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 14:57, 1 August 2023
Les Hanois reef, a group of rocks to the south-west of Guernsey also known as Hanoveaux,[1] are the westernmost point of the Channel Islands.[2]
The reef has claimed many shipwrecks over the centuries, such as HMS Boreas (
Royal Navy) in 1807. See List of shipwrecks in the Channel Islands.
It is the location of the Les Hanois Lighthouse operated by Trinity House which was built in 1862 from Cornish granite using a novel dovetail system to lock each stone with the vertically and horizontally adjacent stones.[3] It was built in the hope of reducing the number of ships being lost on the reef on the west coast of Guernsey; it undoubtedly saved a number of ships. However, the wrecks continued, the last disaster being the MV Prosperity in 1974, a freighter lost with all hands on La Conchée reef.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hanoveaux / Les Hanois, Guernsey". Geody.
- ^ "Guernsey Hanois fog horn silenced after two weeks". BBC News.
- ^ Douglass, James (17 February 1871). "On the Wolf Rock Lighthouse". Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. 6: 214–227.
- ^ Dafter, Ray (2003). Guernsey Sentinel. Matfield Books. ISBN 0-9540595-1-4.
49°26′13″N 2°42′00″W / 49.4370°N 2.7000°W
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