Sheerness

American  

[sheer-nis] / ˈʃɪər nɪs /

noun

1. a seaport in N Kent, in SE England on the Isle of Sheppey, at the mouth of the Thames: government dockyards.

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Sheerness British  

/ ˌʃɪəˈnɛs /

noun

1. a port and resort in SE England, in N Kent at the junction of the Medway estuary and the Thames: administratively part of Queenborough in Sheppey since 1968

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Sheerness

SS Montgomery was loaded with 7,000 tonnes of munitions in 1944 and directed to anchor off Sheerness, Kent, but grounded on a sandbank.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The money has allowed a local school, Sheppey College, to be refurbished, an adventure golf course to be built, and redevelopment of the main gym in Sheerness.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Sheerness Port - which imports large numbers of cars and fresh fruit - does employ hundreds of people, yet it once employed thousands.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

"We need something like a business tsar, someone to promote the island for industry and employment," says Neal Williams, a Reform UK town councillor in Sheerness.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

My husband did so, and in less than two hours they had marched out of town towards Sheerness without making any noise. 

From The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter

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