Wrecks of SS Richard Montgomery
10. North Carr Rock, which dries has a prominent beacon (red column on a stone base, globe topmark, all supported by 6 metal stays) and lies at the NE extremity of foul ground extending 1 mile NE of Fife Ness.
11. A bank with depths of less than 5 m extends 1 mile E of the entrance to the River Leven. The approach channel, 27 m wide, dries at its outer part and is marked by posts at the bar and thence perches on both sides. Within the bar there is a depth of 1·5 m in the channel. SW winds cause a considerable sea when the harbour should not be attempted.
12. Crabwater Rock, awash, lying close W of the elbow of the breakwater which is marked by a light structure.
13. Calot Shad, a bank of sand and stones which dries, and extends from the S side of Berwick nearly across the harbour, marked on its E and S sides by two light-buoys (both starboard hand).
14. Goldstone, a rock which dries, marked by a buoy (starboard hand) on its S side. Stiel Reef extends 1¼ cables ESE of Goldstone, and Saint Nicholas Rock, on which the sea breaks heavily, lies 3 cables NW.
15. Shorestone Outcars, a ledge of rocks, which dries and marked by a buoy (port hand) is moored 3 cables to the NE of the ledge.
16. Plough Seat Reef, which dries, marked on its E side by a buoy (port hand). Plough Rock, a drying rock 2 cables W of the reef, is marked by beacon (2 m in height, wood, black, surmounted by a ball).
17. Two detached shoals, Steel Bush with 1·2 m over it and North East Bush with 2·8 m over it, lie 2½ cables NNE of the island.
18. Embleton Bay lies between Castle Point and a group of rocks 1¼ miles NNW of the point. The rocks run 5 cables to seaward with Fills, an extensive rocky patch, at their extremity.
19. Link End is low, rounded and sandy and fronted by drying rocks up to 3 cables to seaward. These dangers are further extended by North Spit and South Spit, two shoals, respectively 5 cables NE and 5 cables E of Link End.
20. Marsden Bay backed by a limestone bank, 15 m to 18 m high, lies between Lizard and Marsden Point. Several detached rocks lie in the bay, of which Marsden Rock, 26 m high and in the center of the bay, is the most prominent.
21. Hendon Rock, marked by a buoy (port hand) on its E side. Two wrecks lie 4 cables NE and White Stones, a group of rocky shoals, lie 6 cables S of Hendon Rock.
22. A rocky shoal, marked by Longscar Light-buoy (E cardinal) which lies close E of the shoal. The NE extremity (1 mile SSE) of Long Scar, a detached ledge of rock which dries, is 3½cables SW of the shoal. Long Scar runs 4 cables SW from its extremity, with several smaller detached patches on either side.
23. Upgang Rocks, an area of foul ground inside the 5 m depth contour over which the swell breaks heavily. The rocks are covered in weed and dry close inshore.
24. Bull Sand Fort (mast, 9 m in height, isolated danger mark), standing centrally on Bull Sand. The depths and configuration of the sand change continuously. Haile Channel, which is buoyed, separates Bull Sand from Haile Sand.The latter fronts the coast from Cleethorpes to Donna Nook
Bull Sand Fort (Original dated 1980)
25. Hawke Channel is marked by Hawke Light-float. Middle Shoal divides the Hawke and Sunk Channels to the N from Bull Channel and Grimsby Road to the S. The shoal runs 5 miles to the WNW and is subject to great change.
26. Halton Flat is defined by the 5 m depth contour. It is a sandbank extending along the SW shore for 3½ miles and up to 1 mile offshore, which lies on the SW side of the channel.
27. Providence Rock, with a depth of less than 1·8 m and over which the sea seldom breaks, and Cheesman Rock, awash, and over which the sea always breaks, lie 7½ cables W and 7¼ cables NNW respectively of Cape Mark. A rock drying 4·6 m, lies 8 cables NE of Cheesman Rock, 3 cables offshore.
28. About 1¼ miles SE of Hunt Point is Mason Point, and between them is a bay with irregular depths. A rock awash lies midway between the two entrance points, and a shoal, with a depth of 8 m over it, lies about 4 cables E of Hunt Point; rocks extend 1 cable N of Mason Point.
29. A large rocky ledge, with above water and drying rocks on it, extends from the N shore to mid-channel and lies 3 miles WSW of Sandilands Island; a rocky patch, with 2 m or less over it, extends 1 cable SW from the S point of the ledge; a rock, with 2 m or less over it, lies 1 cable from the S shore and 3 cables ESE of the rocky patch, mentioned above.
Useful information. Remember it:
| Bank - a sloping raised ground, esp. along the sides of the river. Bar -a submerged or partly submerged bank along a shore or in a river. Flat -an area of low level ground. Shoal -a raised bank of sand, shells or rock under the surface of the water which gradually moves. Spit -a long, thin, flat beach which goes out into the sea. Patch -a small area, which is different in some way from the area that surrounds it. |
Grammar:The Objective Participle Construction. - Объектный оборот с причастием.
Note: The Objective Participle Construction may be found
(a) after to see, to watch, to hear, to feel, to find.
1. I sawa vessel approach the entrance andenter the port. – Я видел как судно подошло ко входу и вошло в порт.
2. She heardhim coming up the ladder slowly. – Она слышала, как он медленно поднимался по трапу.
3. We watchedthem walk (walking) along the bank of the river. – Мы наблюдали как они шли по берегу реки.
4. The captain watched the goods being discharged. – Капитан наблюдал, как разгружали грузы.
(b) after to consider, to understand.
1. I consider myself hired. – Я считаю себя принятым на работу.
(c) after to want, to wish, to desire.
1. He wantsthe work doneimmediately (= He wants the work to be done immediately) – Он хочет, чтобы работа была сделана немедленно.
2. The cargo mate wishes the cases counted. – Грузовой помощник желает, чтобы ящики были посчитаны.
(d) after to have
Compare:
We painted the hull yesterday.- We had the hull paintedyesterday. -
Вчера мы покрасили корпус. Вчера мы покрасили корпус.
(сделали сами) ( сделали не сами, а кто-то другой)
1. We want to have the hull painted. – Мы хотим покрасить корпус (чтобы нам покрасили корпус).
2. We are going to have the hull painted. – Мы собираемся покрасить корпус (чтобы кто-то сделал это).
3. We must have the hull painted.–Мы должны покрасить корпус (чтобы кто-то сделал это).
4. Wewill have the hull painted. – Мы покрасим корпус (кто-то сделает это).
v Translate the following sentences into Russian. Do it in writing:
1. Капитан наблюдал, как докеры разгружают судно.
2. Капитан наблюдал, как разгружали судно.
3. Мы наблюдали, как они ремонтировали двигатель.
4. Мы наблюдали, как ремонтировали двигатель.
5. Я наблюдал, как судно входило в порт.
6. Я слышал, как капитан приказал начать погрузку.
7. Я видел, как судно медленно шло вниз по реке.
EXERCISES
I. Read and translate the following into Russian:
Part – partial – partly
Break – breaker – breakage
Compose – composed – composition
Extend – extension – extending – extended
Mark – marker – marking – marked
Know – knowledge – known
Extreme – extremely – extremity
Doubt – doubtless – doubtful – doubtedly
Indicate – indicator – indicated – indication
Note – notice – notification
Exist – existence – existing
Depend – dependence – depended on
Locate – location – located
Obstruct – obstruction – obstructed
Reading Drill
| North – northern – northerly – northward - northernmost - northbound South – southern – southerly – southward – southernmost - southbound East – eastern – easterly – eastward – easternmost - eastbound West – western – westerly – westward – westernmost - westbound |
II. Read and translate:
1. The eastern side of the bank is steep-to and the sea breaks over the bank in bad weather.
2. There is a break in the shoal some 2 miles wide, to the Westof the entrance to Boulogne and 4 miles southward of the northern extremity of the shoal.
3. In strong winds from the South through West to North the sea breaks over the shoal and depths are liable to change.
4. The sea is less on the northernpart of the shoal than to the Westof it.
5. Westbound vessels are warned to avoid this area during submarine activity.
6. Vessels proceeding in easterly direction shall give this locality a wide berth.
7. There is a depth of 9 metres about half a mile northward of the northernmost rock.
III. Do the following sentences according to the given model:
Model: