Apparently Finisterre (I was 42 before I realised the this is Latin for 'end of the world', which it was in those days) was replaced by Fitzroy because some other system (Italian, perhaps?) used Finisterre and the good old EU were trying to harmonize everything.

I agree about the poetry - the southern North Sea and eastern Channel in particular:

Dogger, Fisher, German Bight
Humber, Thames, Dover, Wight.

Steve