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A nautical measured mile is a nautical mile which is marked by two pairs of towers. A mile is measured by sailing on a given bearing and lining up the pairs of towers. The start of the mile is recorded when the first pair of towers line up and the end of the mile recorded when the second pair line up.
To accurately measure performance ships must make at least four to six runs in both directions to allow for the wind and tide.[1]
There are several nautical measured miles around the British Isles:
Between Talland Bay and Hannafore, West Looe, Cornwall.[2]
At Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland, between Skelmorlie Pier and Skelmorlie Castle.[3]
Lower Hope Reach, near Gravesend on the Thames Estuary, between Cliffe Creek coastguard station and Lower Hope Point.[4][5]
Four Admiralty day beacons (unlit) were installed on Maplin Sands, adjacent to The Warp channel.[4] Buoys in the channel marked the course and vessels under test were required to fly a blue-and-white swallowtail pennant that gave them priority over other traffic.[6]
There are four Admiralty distance poles at St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, Scotland.[7]
There are two consecutive miles on the Isle of Arran, Scotland between South Sannox and Corloch.[7]
^Barrass, C. B. (2004). Ship design and performance for masters and mates. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 123. ISBN 0-7506-6000-7.
^Tony White (March 2003). "Nautical Measured Mile Markers". Polperro village website. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
^Richards, George (20 July 1866). "Notice to Mariners". London Gazette. No. 23141. p. 4105.
^ ab16 Essex (Map). 1:126,720. Revised half-inch. John Bartholomew and Son. 1962.
^Inskip, G. H. (1887). North Sea Pilot. Vol. IV (4 ed.). London: Admiralty Hydrographic Office. p. 12.
^North Sea Pilot. Vol. III (Sixth ed.). London: Admiralty Hydrographic Office. 1897. pp. 316–7.
^ ab"Measured Miles". Secret Scotland. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
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