The Strange Looking Maunsell Sea Forts of WW2
The Maunsell Forts are armed towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. After being decommissioned in the 1950s, the forts have since been used for other activities including pirate radio broadcasting. History of Maunsell Sea Forts
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The Maunsell Forts are a series of armed towers in the Thames Estuary that operated as army and navy bases from 1942 to protect London from sea and air strikes. Since being decommissioned in the 1950s they have largely been left in a state of disrepair. But new plans have been unveiled to investigate how to prevent them from being lost forever.
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May 20, 2020 Ancient Ruins EUROPE Travel The Maunsell Sea Forts Located off the English coast in the Thames and Mersey estuaries, the Maunsell Forts are Second World War defensive platforms that were built to defend the UK against enemy aircraft.
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The Maunsell naval forts were built in the Thames estuary and operated by the Royal Navy, to deter and report German air raids following the Thames as a landmark, and prevent attempts to lay mines by aircraft in this important shipping channel. There were four naval forts: Rough Sands ( HM Fort Roughs) (U1) 51.895194°N 1.480569°E Sunk Head (U2)
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England Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack. Been Here? 145 Want to Visit? 1369 The Thames Forts in 2013 Steve Cadman/Flickr (Creative Commons) Rising.
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The Maunsell Forts, designed by British engineer Guy Maunsell as army forts, were constructed during World War II as defensive platforms. The forts were erected on the Thames, utilizing a deserted and dilapidated cement factory that Maunsell had discovered at Red Lion Wharf in Northfleet, near Gravesend.
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Deserted Places Maunsell Forts The abandoned sea forts from World War II
During World War II, British engineer Guy Maunsell gave this old idea a makeover. His forts were designed to destroy incoming enemy aircraft and, contrary to standard practice, they'd be sited out at sea.
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Guy Maunsell. Guy Anson Maunsell (1 September 1884 - 20 June 1961) was the British civil engineer responsible for the design of the World War II Naval sea forts and Army forts used by the United Kingdom for the defence of the Thames and Mersey estuaries.
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Maunsell Forts: The full story behind the mysterious abandoned structures off the east Kent coast Sitting in the sea off Herne Bay and Margate, they were abandoned many years ago after the end of World War II News By Ben Ashton Content Editor The Maunsell Forts have been abandoned since the late 1950s
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The Maunsell Army and Navy forts were built and placed in the Thames Estuary in 1942 to help protect London from airstrikes and sea raids during World War II . After the war, the forts became the headquarters for pirate radio stations. Today, the forts are abandoned and dilapidated, but you can visit them by boat.
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The Maunsell Forts were originally built in 1942 to help deter and defend against German forces at the height of the Second World War. During the early part of this war, London's ports were vulnerable to German bombings by both air and by sea. A plan therefore needed to be developed to combat this threat. Sign up for the free KentLive newsletter
Built on the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the 1940s, the Maunsell sea forts (named after
History Dec 16, 2018 Conan White, Guest Author The instinct to make large fortifications goes back thousands of years. In Britain, during the Iron Age (about 800 BC to AD 100), they made giant hill forts like Maiden Castle in Dorset, England that ended up covering 47 acres.
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A total of three sea forts under the control of the Army were constructed in 1941/42 to protect the vital shipping lane and air corridor along the River Thames which had suffered greatly from magnetic sea mines dropped by German aircraft. Devised and named after their creator Guy Maunsell, the eccentric forts were constructed completely…
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Thursday, 8 May 2014, by Frank Turner. Innovative, pioneering, and practical, Guy Maunsell (1884-1961) was a talented civil engineer denied the recognition due to him, yet his Maunsell forts (small fortified towers) helped stave off enemy incursion into home waters during World War II. The four sea forts, operated by the Royal Navy, were Knock John, Rough Sands, Sunk Head, and Tongue Sands.
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1 view 3 minutes ago THAMES ESTUARY In this video i went on the grand forts tour out in to the Thames Estuary on a boat called X-Pilot. We visited all the sea forts that were built in 1942-43.