During World War II , the United Kingdom was facing some serious attacks from the sky , and to assist minimize the damage done by the Luftwaffe , British engine driver Guy Maunsell arise a clever scheme : take to the sea . Though now defunct , these incredible concrete monstersare still standing out at sea , telling as ever .
One of the forts still rest — Red Sands Army Fort — sit down rusting off the sea-coast of England ’s Herne Bay . Built on land before being float out to sea in 1943 , the septet of tug were once link up by walkways and bluster an arsenal of anti - aircraft cannons for take down airborne enemies . Its twin , the Red Sand Army Fort , is also still standing in the Thames estuary .
at long last , all the sea forts were decommission by the late 1950s , and several were destroy after collisions with civilian ship , but the Shivering Sands ( above ) , Red Sands , and Fort Roughs ( below ) stay to this sidereal day .
Both went on to have risky venture after their decomission and abandonment ; Shivering Sands was shortly home to highjack radio operators in the mid-1960s , and Fort Roughs is presently home tothe Principality of Sealand , the ego - proclaimed and globally - unrecognised “ world ’s small commonwealth . ”
While their useful life were forgetful , these garrison are incredible relic of WWII architectural history , and it ’s awful just to know they exist . I can only imagine what they ’re like in substantial life . Who wants to go on a battlefield trip ? [ ticket ]
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