Broad Fourteens
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The Broad Fourteens is an area of the southern North Sea that is fairly consistently fourteen fathoms (26 m) deep (thus, on a nautical chart with depths given in fathoms, a broad area with many "14" notations). It is located off the coast of the Netherlands and south of the Dogger Bank, roughly between longitude 3°E and 4°30'E and latitude 52°30'N and 53°30'N. Compare to the Long Forties. The area is known to the Dutch and German navies as the Hoofden.
The area has been the scene of countless naval engagements throughout history.
The shallowness of this area means that the largest oil tankers cannot traverse the English Channel from the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean because their draft is deeper than the depth in the Broad Fourteens.
Coordinates: 53°0′0″N 3°45′0″E / 53°N 3.75°E
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