Maunsell fort

small, fortified towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries

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1942

class, fortified tower, sea fort, group of structures or buildings, British Army, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Countries:

United Kingdom:

Red Sands Fort - Facebook - Burbo Fort - Formby Fort - HM Fort Knock John - HM Fort Roughs - HM Fort Sunk Head - HM Fort Tongue Sands - Nore Fort - Queens Fort - Shivering Sands Army Fort

Historical Countries:

Kingdom of Great Britain:

Red Sands Fort - Facebook - Burbo Fort - Formby Fort - Nore Fort - Queens Fort - Shivering Sands Army Fort

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:

Red Sands Fort - Facebook - Burbo Fort - Formby Fort - Nore Fort - Queens Fort - Shivering Sands Army Fort

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  Burbo Fort
  
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  Formby Fort
  
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  HM Fort Knock John 1942
  
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  HM Fort Roughs 1942
  
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  HM Fort Sunk Head 1942
  
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  HM Fort Tongue Sands 1942
  
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  Nore Fort 1943
  
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  Queens Fort
  
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  Red Sands Fort 1943
  
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  Shivering Sands Army Fort 1943
  

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1942-08-01T00:00:00Z

HM Fort Knock John

1942-02-10T00:00:00Z

HM Fort Roughs

1942-06-01T00:00:00Z

HM Fort Sunk Head

1942-06-27T00:00:00Z

HM Fort Tongue Sands

1943-05-20T00:00:00Z

Nore Fort

1943-07-23T00:00:00Z

Red Sands Fort

1943-09-18T00:00:00Z

Shivering Sands Army Fort

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Frameless

Knock John Fort

Knock John Tower

Map of locations of the original seven forts of type Maunsell.

Map of the location wreck of the wreck Liberty ship SS Richard Montgomery

Rough Tower

Rough Tower

Thames Estuary airports proposed locations

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Facebook page@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Project Redsand@			Wikidata
fort		Burbo Fort	United Kingdom, Maunsell fort, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland		Wikidata
fort		Formby Fort	United Kingdom, Maunsell fort, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland		Wikidata
fort	1942	HM Fort Knock John	United Kingdom, Maunsell fort		Wikidata
fort	1942	HM Fort Roughs	United Kingdom, Maunsell fort		Wikidata
fort	1942	HM Fort Sunk Head	United Kingdom, Maunsell fort		Wikidata
fort	1942	HM Fort Tongue Sands	United Kingdom, Maunsell fort		Wikidata
fort	1943	Nore Fort	United Kingdom, Maunsell fort, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland		Wikidata
fort		Queens Fort	United Kingdom, Maunsell fort, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland		Wikidata
fort	1943	Red Sands Fort	United Kingdom, Maunsell fort, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, google		Wikidata
fort	1943	Shivering Sands Army Fort	United Kingdom, Maunsell fort, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland		Wikidata
image	2010	Knock John Fort			Wikimedia
image	2011	Knock John Tower			Wikimedia
image	2006	Map of locations of the original seven forts of type Maunsell.			Wikimedia
image	2013	Map of the location wreck of the wreck Liberty ship SS Richard Montgomery			Wikimedia
image	1984	Rough Tower			Wikimedia
image	1984	Rough Tower			Wikimedia
image	2012	Thames Estuary airports proposed locations			Wikimedia