Maunsell Forts
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The Maunsell Forts are towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy forts, and named after their d
"Navy" style fort
"Army" style fort
Army fort in active service.
The remains of Nore Army Fort.
Shivering Sands Army Fort
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Shivering Sands Army Fort was a Maunsell army fort built near the Thames estuary for anti-aircraft defence. It is made up of several once-interconnected towers north of Herne Bay and is 14.8 km from t
Maunsell Forts
…Red Sands (U6) Shivering Sands (U7) The Mersey forts were constructed at Bromborough Dock and the Thames forts at Gravesend. Proposals to construct forts off the Humber, Portsmouth…
Shivering Sands Army Fort in 2006