Aboard Red Sands Fort
Part One of a double feature of pictures taken from the roof & inside Bofors Gun Tower in 2003
Red Sand Towers appear out of the morning haze
The sun soon burns off the sea mist
Audio |
Radio
390 Jonathan Hall on 'Melody Fair' |
Passing close to G2, 3 & 4 3.7 Gun Towers
Looking back up from top of stair well
Stairs to intermediate floor from Bofors Tower roof
The roof of Bofors Tower
On the Bofors Tower roof looking down at Control & G3 & 4 Towers
The layout of the Thames Army Forts can be seen in Sutch & City Part 1
Control, G3 & 4 Gun Towers
Bofors Tower roof looking North West to the Medway & Thames approaches
Bofors floor plans can be seen in Sutch & City Part 7
Bofors Gun mount position on West wing with the Isle-of-Sheppey in background
Bofors Gun mount on West wing
G2 Gun Tower
From the Bofors Tower: Control, G2 & G3 Gun Towers looking North East
Barge "Greta" passes North Searchlight Tower
G2 Gun Tower
Close up of debris on Bofors Gun Tower roof
Speed boats & their wash with barge "Greta" by Gun Towers G2, G3 & the Control Tower
"Greta" passes the port hand North Red Sands Fort Buoy
Looking East: Control, G3, G4 Gun Towers with "Greta" Topsa'l showing
Debris close up on Bofors Gun Tower roof
Control & G3 Towers
Flat calm with plenty
of small boats around Searchlight & G2 Gun Tower
Searchlight & G2 Towers
Searchlight Tower
View of "Greta" topsa'l before descending
For news on the Red Sands preservation project see Seatribe
Just to let you know that I keep an eye on your site. The latest Aboard Red Sands pictorial is great, I am on the Minster cliffs and it is fascinating to see Red and Shivering still looking so inviting. The radio history of those forts adds to the mystery, we tried to board one in the way back from a Mi Amigo dive but were reported to the police due to the fact that it was the one with the PLO coastguard telemetry! Ray Copeland
Aboard Red Sands How the hell did you get on the Forts? I work on Foulness Island Essex and see them every day! I've always wanted to have a look on them. I have been around the forts via the Waverley & Balmoral Great photos Dave Bullock
Well done once again interesting stuff as usual. Aboard Red Sands the water looks so calm around the forts, but it must have been quite scary for the presenters in the middle of winter though! Nice audio of Jonathan Hall (very posh) Steve Hibbert, Ealing, London.
Thanks for the pictures of Aboard Red Sands much appreciated. I 've worked out the boarding bit you're spiderman in disguise! With best wishes Tom
Like your site and will be ordering a couple of bits from it in the near future.Good pictures of Red Sands and am looking forward to the 'downstairs' bits when they appear - DS
For a brief history of all the Thames Estuary Forts see Fort Fax