Maunsell Forts
The Maunsell Forts are armed 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 designer, Guy Maunsell. The forts were decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for other activities including pirate radio broadcasting. One of the forts is managed by the unrecognised Principality of Sealand; boats visit the remaining forts occasionally, and a consortium called Project Redsands is planning to conserve the fort situated at Red Sands. In the summers of 2007 and 2008 Red Sands Radio, a station commemorating the pirate radio stations of the 1960s, operated from the Red Sands fort on 28-day Restricted Service Licences. The fort was subsequently declared unsafe, and Re
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Maunsell Forts
The Maunsell Forts are armed 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 designer, Guy Maunsell. The forts were decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for other activities including pirate radio broadcasting. One of the forts is managed by the unrecognised Principality of Sealand; boats visit the remaining forts occasionally, and a consortium called Project Redsands is planning to conserve the fort situated at Red Sands. In the summers of 2007 and 2008 Red Sands Radio, a station commemorating the pirate radio stations of the 1960s, operated from the Red Sands fort on 28-day Restricted Service Licences. The fort was subsequently declared unsafe, and Re
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De Maunsell-forten (Engels: Ma ...... fhankelijk vorstendom Sealand.
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Die Maunsell Forts oder Maunse ...... ürstentum Sealand erklärt hat.
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Forty Maunsella – nazwa stosow ...... ieuznawanego księstwa Sealand.
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Las Fortalezas marinas Maunsel ...... mada "micronación" de Sealand.
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Le fortezze marittime Maunsell ...... iddetto Principato di Sealand.
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Les Forts Maunsell étaient des ...... nom de principauté de Sealand.
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The Maunsell Forts are armed t ...... but only set in place in 1920.
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"Army" style fort
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De Maunsell-forten (Engels: Ma ...... gende bouwwerken Guy Maunsell.
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Die Maunsell Forts oder Maunse ...... hivering Sands und Knock John.
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Forty Maunsella – nazwa stosow ...... ieuznawanego księstwa Sealand.
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Las Fortalezas marinas Maunsel ...... mada "micronación" de Sealand.
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Le fortezze marittime Maunsell ...... iddetto Principato di Sealand.
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Les Forts Maunsell étaient des ...... nom de principauté de Sealand.
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The Maunsell Forts are armed t ...... uently declared unsafe, and Re
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Fortalezas Marinas Maunsell
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Fortezze marittime Maunsell
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Forts Maunsell
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Forty Maunsella
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Maunsell Fort
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Maunsell Forts
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Maunsell-forten
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