Army Forts Tour
Sailed from Sheerness, Isle-of-Sheppey on 23rd June 2022
A copy free feature
Reproducing credit Bob Le-Roi (Red Sands Radio Productions) when using
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Svitzer Tugs at Garrison Point
Svitzer Tugs at Garrison Point
In the Oaze Deep, Starboard Buoy
Police RiB Launch 'Invicta' off Dead
Man's Island
Built by Usuki Shipyard, Japan in 2001 Panama registered Ro-Ro vehicle carrier
IMO 9235414
SB Barge Greta
Frequently sails from Whitstable throughout the summer season
Shivering Sands Army Forts
Searchlight Tower, remains of Gun Tower #2 & Gun Tower #3
Shivering Sands Army Forts
Gun Tower #2 remains, Gun Tower #3, Control Tower, Gun Towers #4 & #1 Bofors Tower foreground
Gun Tower #3, Control Tower, Gun Towers #4 & #1 Bofors Tower foreground
Bofors, Gun Tower #1, Control, Searchlight, Gun Towers #4 & #3
Gun
Tower #3
Used for
target practice note the shell holes
Shivering Sands Army Forts
Gun Tower #4
Shell hole detail
Shell hole detail
Searchlight, Bofors, Gun Tower #2, Control, Gun Towers #3, #4, #1
Gun Tower #1, Control, Gun Tower #2, Searchlight
Seven Tower overview
Gun Towers #2, #3, Control, Gun Towers #4 & #1, Bofors Tower foreground
Gun Tower #2 *'Norsky' Gun Tower #3, Bofors Tower, Control, Gun Tower #4
* Built in 1999 by German owned Meyer Turku Oy 'Norsky' Finish registered Ro-Ro Cargo vessel IMO 9186182 usually on Tilbury - Zeebrugge route
1972 German built Netherlands registered edible oil tanker *'Star Aruba' IMO 7221275
Wreck & Charlemagne
Built in 2002 Belgium registered Hopper Dredger 'Charlemagne' IMO 9243289 illustrating the shipping lanes close proximity to the wreck
'AB2 Future' Netherland registered IMO 9122241
For Thames Estuary, Medway and Thames Cruises X-Pilot Sailings