The Kentish Knock is a shoal (shallow area of the sea bed) in the North Sea, east of the Thames Estuary in southeast England.
An area of sand and gravel, the Kentish Knock is home to hermit crabs, sand goby fish, rays and catsharks. Channels in the sediment are believed to have been caused by glacial floodwaters several millennia ago. Since 2012, The Wildlife Trusts have been campaigning for recognition of a 96 km2 section of the Knock, known as Kentish Knock East, as a Marine Conservation Zone.
1652 - Battle of the Kentish Knock
1820 - First reliable mapping of Kentish Knock by triangulation from Essex, by Thomas
1822 - Wreck of the Juliana East Indiaman
1824 - Buoy placed on the east side of the Knock
1836 - The Nancy ran aground on the Knock, broke up, and was washed up at Margate.
1840 - Buoy replaced by a light vessel, the LV Kentish Knock
1860 - Wreck of the Dutch galliott Hillechina
1875 - Wreck of the SS Deutschland
1892 - Wreck of the steamer Dilsberg, of Glasgow
1894 - Telephone cable laid from mainland to light vessel
1916 - Crash of the German Zeppelin L15
1917 - Probable destruction of the German U-boat SM UC-6, either by mine nets or by British seaplane 8676
1949 to 1953 - Trinity House light vessel No.8 stationed here
1953 to 1955 - Trinity House light vessel No.14 stationed here
1959 and 1963 - A different light vessel was stationed here
1963 to 1966 - Trinity House Lightvessel No. 20 stationed here
1974 to 1975 - Trinity House lightvessel No. 23 stationed here
1984 to 1991 - Trinity House Lightvessel No. 3 stationed here
2011 - By this date only a lighted buoy remained
2014 - Phase 2 of the London Array wind farm was reported to have been cancelled because of concerns over the safety of red-throated divers
