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HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar.
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HMS Whiting (1812)
Pilot schooner
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Doom Bar
Sandbar at the mouth of the River Camel, Cornwall, England
The Doom Bar is a sandbar at the mouth of the estuary of the River Camel, where it meets the Atlantic Ocean on the north coast of Cornwall, England. Like two other permanent sandbanks further up the estuary, the Doom Bar is composed mainly of marine sand that is continually…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)