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Great Britain Cliffe Fort - CLIFFE - KENT - 2008

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Cliffe Fort is a Royal Commission fort built in the 1860s on the edge of the Cliffe marshes on the Hoo Peninsula in north Kent to protect against invasion via the Thames. It is opposite Coalhouse Fort in Essex: they are 2km apart. Construction was difficult due to the marshy ground and the malaria-carrying mosquitos. It was armed with 12.5†and 11†RML’s, weighing around 35 tons. Protection of these guns was provided by granite-faced casemates with shields for added defence. The shields, casemates and the rails on which the gun carriages stood are all still visible today.

A Brennan Torpedo station was added in 1890. This was a wire-guided missile used for harbour defence: the launching rails are still visible at low water. It was replaced around 1910 with quick firing guns. The fort was armed in World War I and was used as an anti-aircraft battery in World War II. It is now inside a gravel extraction site and is inaccessible and very overgrown. It can however be viewed from the riverside path.

I HAVE TO SAY THIS AS I WORK FOR BRETT THE FORT IS ON PRIVATE LAND YOU CAN WALK AROUND THE FORT BUT ENTRY IS NOT PERMITTED TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED BLAHH BLAHH BLAHH U GET THE POINT,

SOME INFORMATION I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR UP THO AS I ONLY EVER READ ABOUT PEOPLE BITCHING ABOUT BRETT

1. BRETT DOES NOT WANT THE FORT TO ERODE AWAY IT IS A PART OF OUR HISTORY THEY HAVE ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO REPAIR THE BRENAN TORPEDO LAUNCHER AND WERE DENIED

2. THEY HAVE ALSO ENQUIRED INTO TAKING REPAIRS TO THE FORT AND ALL THE TIME THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD NO

3. BRETT DID NOT DEMOLISH THE 2ND BRENNAN TORPEDO LAUNCHER BLUE CIRLCE DID WHO OWNED THE SITE BEFORE

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THE TORPEDO LAUNCHER BUILT BY MR BRENNAN THERE WAS ORIGINALLY TWO BUT BLUE CIRLCE WHO OWNED THE SITE BEOFRE BRETT DESTROYED ONE

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EXTERIOR OF THE FORT AND VIEWS IN

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WATCH TOWER

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GUN EMPLACEMENT

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OVERVIEW

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IN WE GO

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BIG GUNS WOULD OF BEEN HERE

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AMMO LOADER

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ON TO THE LOWER LEVELS

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I HAVE PLAN TO GO BACK AND DO THE TUNNELS BUT DONT HAVE AND WADERS YET SOO WILL GET ROUND TO IT

 

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cool chears dude sowly getting through my reports onlgy 18 gb to go lol bed time me thinks

 
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