Thames sea forts. - Page 2

Andy in West Oz · 06-08-2007, 02:24 AM

Unreal, didn't even know these existed! Thanks guys!

spidge · 06-08-2007, 04:30 AM

Interesting links here from back in 2004.

Thames estuary forts:

Project Redsand

and Portsmoth:

Palmerston's Folly - An article by Linda Evans

and Brean Down on the Bristol Channel:

Brean Down - A Guide to Brean Down Fort and the area owned by the National Trust - Brean Down, Somerset, UK
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Harry Ree · 06-08-2007, 08:15 PM

[quote=Slipdigit;109647]Like this?

Knock John sea fort

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Yes,this is the type.It appears the fort in question off Felixstow was identified as Roughs Tower and later when it was "demobbed" became known as Sealand by the Bates family who thought they could create an independent regime outside the then 3 mile limit.Extension of British territorial waters to 12 miles put paid to that.

These marine forts were at times a hazard to those aircrews who forgot to switch on their IFF gear on a return to British airspace.Roughs Tower was not very far off track to those aircraft intending to use Bomber Command's emergency airfield at Woodbridge near to Ipswich.

T. A. Gardner · 07-08-2007, 08:46 PM

There are actually two types. The one pictured above is a "Navy" fort. There was also an "Army" type that consisted of four mulit-story buildings on a lattice framework connected by walkway bridges.

Slipdigit · 07-08-2007, 09:13 PM

Yes, those were the ones mentioned in the first post, I referred to them as spindly legged.

T. A. Gardner · 07-08-2007, 11:33 PM

The book The Architechure of War has some good photos of these forts as well as some plan drawings.

06-08-2007, 02:24 AM	#11 (permalink)
Andy in West Oz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: House of Bedfords, Perth, Western Australia Posts: 760	Unreal, didn't even know these existed! Thanks guys! __________________ Cheers Andy Apres moi le deluge But there are deeds that should not pass away....And names that must not wither - Byron HMAS Sydney II - lost with all hands and waiting to be found

06-08-2007, 04:30 AM	#12 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,028	Interesting links here from back in 2004. Thames estuary forts: Project Redsand and Portsmoth: Palmerston's Folly - An article by Linda Evans and Brean Down on the Bristol Channel: Brean Down - A Guide to Brean Down Fort and the area owned by the National Trust - Brean Down, Somerset, UK __________________ __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

07-08-2007, 09:13 PM	#15 (permalink)
Slipdigit The Dixie Division Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Not far enough in the woods Posts: 1,624	Yes, those were the ones mentioned in the first post, I referred to them as spindly legged. __________________ Warmest Regards, Jeff The Bonnie Blue Flag *

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06-08-2007, 08:15 PM	#13 (permalink)
Harry Ree Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 623	[quote=Slipdigit;109647]Like this? Knock John sea fort [quote} Yes,this is the type.It appears the fort in question off Felixstow was identified as Roughs Tower and later when it was "demobbed" became known as Sealand by the Bates family who thought they could create an independent regime outside the then 3 mile limit.Extension of British territorial waters to 12 miles put paid to that. These marine forts were at times a hazard to those aircrews who forgot to switch on their IFF gear on a return to British airspace.Roughs Tower was not very far off track to those aircraft intending to use Bomber Command's emergency airfield at Woodbridge near to Ipswich.

07-08-2007, 08:46 PM	#14 (permalink)
T. A. Gardner Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 260	There are actually two types. The one pictured above is a "Navy" fort. There was also an "Army" type that consisted of four mulit-story buildings on a lattice framework connected by walkway bridges.

07-08-2007, 11:33 PM	#16 (permalink)
T. A. Gardner Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 260	The book The Architechure of War has some good photos of these forts as well as some plan drawings.

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