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Maunsell Forts at Red Sands

Located in the Thames Estuary in England, these incredible structures were built under the instruction of engineer, Guy Maunsell at the request of Winston Churc...
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Located in the Thames Estuary in England, these incredible structures were built under the instruction of engineer, Guy Maunsell at the request of Winston Churchill in 1942. They were constructed on land and towed out to sea where they were sunk onto sandbanks to protect the city of London from attacks by enemy aircraft during WW2.
They were decommissioned by the Ministry of Defence in the 1950’s and lay abandoned until they became the home of Pirate Radio stations some years later. Following the close down of the illegal broadcasters by the British Government in August 1967 the forts have stood silent in the Estuary
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