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Thanet
Thanet may refer to: * Isle of Thanet, a former island, now a peninsula, at the most easterly point of Kent, England * Thanet District, a local government district containing the island *Thanet College, former name of East Kent College * Thanet Canal, a short branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal * Earl of Thanet, a title in the Peerage of England created in 1628 * Thanet Formation, a geological formation found in the London Basin of southeastern England * HMS ''Thanet'' (H29), an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy * Thanet Wind Farm, an offshore wind farm 7 miles (11 km) off the coast of Thanet district in Kent, England See also * Thanetian, in the ICS Geologic timescale, the latest age or uppermost stratigraphic stage of the Paleocene Epoch {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Thanet
The Isle of Thanet () is a peninsula forming the easternmost part of Kent, England. While in the past it was separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel, it is no longer an island. Archaeological remains testify to its settlement in ancient times. Today, it is a tourist destination, and has an active agricultural base. Etymology The island of Thanet is mentioned as ''Tonetic'' (c. AD 150; the TON- of this form was misread as TOΛI-, hence it appears as ''Toliatis'' in the surviving manuscripts of Ptolemy); ''Tanat's'', ''Athanatos'' and ''Thanatos'' (in various copies of 3rd C AD, Solinus); ''Tanatos'' (AD 731); ''Tenid'' in 679 and ''Tenet'' (e.g. charters of AD 679, 689 and thereafter); and the Old Welsh forms ''Tanet'' and ''Danet'', found in the ''Historia Brittonum'' (c. AD 829/30) and Armes Prydein (c. AD 930). Standard reference works for English place-names (such as Eilert Ekwall's ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names'') state the name ''Tane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanet Wind Farm
The Thanet Wind Farm (also sometimes called Thanet Offshore Wind Farm) is an offshore wind farm off the coast of Thanet district in Kent, England. On commissioning it was the world's largest offshore wind farm. It has a nameplate capacity (maximum output) of 300 MW and it cost £780O'Toole, SarahWorld’s biggest offshore wind farm opens today ''Global Energy Magazine'', 23 September 2010. Retrieved: 29 September 2010.–900 million (US$1.2–1.4 billion). Thanet is one of fifteen Round 2 wind projects announced by the Crown Estate in January 2004 but the first to be developed. It was officially opened on 23 September 2010,Shankleman, JessicaUK cuts ribbon on world's largest offshore wind farm''BusinessGreen'', 23 September 2010. Retrieved: 23 September 2010. when it overtook Horns Rev 2 as the biggest offshore wind farm in the world. It has since been overtaken by many others (medio 2017 it ranks 14th). Description The project covers an area of , with b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Thanet
Earl of the Isle of Thanet, in practice shortened to Earl of Thanet, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1628 for Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet, Nicholas Tufton, 1st Baron Tufton. He had already succeeded as second Baronet of Hothfield in 1631 and been created Baron Tufton, of Tufton in the County of Sussex, in 1626, also in the Peerage of England. The Baronetcy, of Hothfield in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1611 for his father, John Tufton. Lord Thanet was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He married Lady Margaret Sackville, daughter of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset and Lady Anne Clifford. Their son, the third Earl, successfully claimed the Baron de Clifford, barony of de Clifford through his maternal grandmother Lady Anne (which had been in abeyance since the death of his great-grandfather George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland). The third Earl was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanet Formation
The Thanet Formation is a geological formation found in the London Basin of southeastern England.Thanet Formation at .org It is of early to mid- (late ) age and gave its name to that stratigraphic interval. It was previously known as the Thanet Beds, the Thanet Sands and the Thanet Sand Formation. It was named after the |
HMS Thanet (H29)
HMS ''Thanet'' was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Built during, and commissioned shortly after the First World War, she went on to see service in the Second World War, and was sunk early in 1942. ''Thanet'' had been one of the ships on the China Station on the outbreak of war. After briefly being converted to a minelayer she spent the early years of the war patrolling off Hong Kong. With the Japanese entry to the war ''Thanet'' evacuated Hong Kong with another destroyer, just hours after the Japanese began their attack on the city. She made her way to Singapore and briefly deployed there until she was sent to intercept an enemy troop convoy, in company with the Australian destroyer . The allied ships ran into a heavy Japanese force, and after a short battle ''Thanet'' was sunk and ''Vampire'' was forced to withdraw. Construction and commissioning ''Thanet'' was ordered from the yards of Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn in July 1917, part of the 1917–18 Programm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Kent College
EKC Broadstairs College is a further education college (although also provides higher education courses) located in Broadstairs, Kent on the southeast coast of the United Kingdom. The main campus is located on Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs. In September 2011 the college had hoped to move into purpose-built buildings at Millennium Way, Westwood on the outskirts of the town, but due to the LSC building program being overcommitted the planned move never occurred. The college is currently refurbishing existing buildings to provide better facilities for students. In September 2012, Thanet College was renamed to East Kent College. Campuses The college has one main campus that has fifteen buildings, that were named after coastal bays in Thanet (such as Minnis, Pegwell, and Kingsgate) but have been renamed after the values of the newly named College (including Enterprise, Inspire, and Achieve). The building located at the front of the site is the exception, known as "Yarrow". The Yarro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanet Canal
The Thanet Canal, also known as the Springs Branch, is a short branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, in North Yorkshire, England. It leaves the main canal in Skipton, and runs to some loading wharfs near Skipton Castle, which were used to load limestone from local quarries into boats for onward shipment. It was opened in 1773, and extended in 1794. History Lord Thanet, who was the owner of Skipton Castle in the late 18th century, owned some limestone quarries near to the castle. When the constructors of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal were building their main line, he petitioned them to alter its route to better serve his quarries. This they refused to do, and so on 10 May 1773 he obtained the ( 13 Geo. 3. c. 47) which authorised the construction of a branch canal to serve this purpose. The act did not authorise the raising of capital, as Lord Thanet financed the canal himself, and it was constructed mainly on his own land. Its alternative title of the Springs Branch comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
