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 for their designer, Guy Maunsell. [1] .

2021年5月6日 · 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.

2019年12月16日 · The Maunsell Army and Navy forts in the Thames Estuary once guarded the UK against bombs, but today, they are dilapidated, abandoned structures that you can only reach by boat.

2024年5月27日 · The Mastermind Behind the Forts. The story of the Maunsell Forts begins with their namesake, Guy Maunsell, a British civil engineer born in 1884. Maunsell was a visionary in his field, known for his groundbreaking work with reinforced concrete and bridge design.

2010年2月4日 · Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack. Rising from the water like rusty invaders out of H.G. Wells, the Maunsell Army Forts in the Thames Estuary are...

2018年12月16日 · He proposed a series of fortified sea towers armed with anti-aircraft guns be built on land and then towed out and placed in strategic positions along the mouth of both estuaries. In the end, he developed two distinct designs, and the resulting constructions were simply called “Navy” or “Army” forts, depending on which service was running them.

2020年1月6日 · Although the Maunsell Forts were completely abandoned and left to deteriorate way back in 1958, many of them still stand in the sea today. Sat off the Kent coast in the Thames Estuary, they were originally built in 1942 during World War II to help deter and defend against German forces.

2020年5月27日 · Although the Maunsell Forts have been redundant since they were completely abandoned and left to deteriorate way back in 1958, many of them still stand in the sea today. Sat not too far off the Kent coast in the Thames Estuary, they were originally built in 1942 during World War II to help deter and defend against German forces.

Maunsell Sea Forts were built in the estuaries of the Thames and Mersey off the English coast during the Second World War to help Britain invade attacks from the Germans. The name Maunsell comes from their designer, Guy Maunsell.

2020年5月20日 · 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.