The Goodwin Sands drew forth suggestions for indicating their dangers as early as the days of Queen Elizabeth[1]. The ever-shifting nature of the sands left the lighthouse builder of bygone days without hope of the possibility of placing upon them a warning to navigators of their exact position[1]. No more treacherous shoal exists than that ever-shifting mass, that greedy monster that lies beneath the surface of the water, and grasps in the clasp of death every luckless vessel driven within its reach[1].
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