HM Fort Roughs is one of several World War II installations that were designed by Guy Maunsell and known collectively as His Majesty's Forts or as Maunsell...
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Principality of Sealand (/ˈsiːˌlænd/) is a micronation on HM Fort Roughs (also known as Roughs Tower), an offshore platform in the North Sea approximately...
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in this important shipping channel. There were four naval forts: Rough Sands (HM Fort Roughs) (U1) 51°53′43″N 1°28′50″E / 51.895194°N 1.480569°E / 51...
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1966, at the age of 14, Michael joined his father Roy in occupying HM Fort Roughs, where they established a pirate radio station. Michael left his boarding...
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HMS Dryad HMS Ferret HMS Forest Moor HM Fort Roughs HMS Forward (1939) HMS Flycatcher HMS Ganges HMS Gannet HMS Harrier HM Holmrook Hall HMS Imperieuse HMS Lochinvar...
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HMS Dryad HMS Ferret HMS Forest Moor HM Fort Roughs HMS Forward (1939) HMS Flycatcher HMS Ganges HMS Gannet HMS Harrier HM Holmrook Hall HMS Imperieuse HMS Lochinvar...
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1967 Principality of Sealand Paddy Roy Bates took over HM Fort Roughs, a defunct Maunsell Fort built off the coast of Suffolk during World War II, and...
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completely abandoned in 1973. In 1967, Paddy Roy Bates squatted on HM Fort Roughs, an offshore platform in the North Sea used during World War II approximately...
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v t e The Principality of Sealand Micronation Background HM Fort Roughs Pirate radio Wonderful Radio London People Topics Related The Battle of Sealand...
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HMS Dryad HMS Ferret HMS Forest Moor HM Fort Roughs HMS Forward (1939) HMS Flycatcher HMS Ganges HMS Gannet HMS Harrier HM Holmrook Hall HMS Imperieuse HMS Lochinvar...
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command of Captain Gerald Warner. A signalling school had been established at HM Barracks, Portsmouth in 1904 and was transferred to Petersfield during the...
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v t e The Principality of Sealand Micronation Background HM Fort Roughs Pirate radio Wonderful Radio London People Topics Related The Battle of Sealand...
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the defence of English Harbour occurs in 1704 when Fort Berkeley was listed as one of the twenty forts established around the coast of Antigua. By 1707...
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Gibdock (redirect from HM Dockyard, Gibraltar)
overseas territory of Gibraltar. It formerly operated as a Royal Navy Dockyard. HM Dockyard, Gibraltar was first developed in the 18th century. After the Capture...
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v t e The Principality of Sealand Micronation Background HM Fort Roughs Pirate radio Wonderful Radio London People Topics Related The Battle of Sealand...
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HMS Dryad HMS Ferret HMS Forest Moor HM Fort Roughs HMS Forward (1939) HMS Flycatcher HMS Ganges HMS Gannet HMS Harrier HM Holmrook Hall HMS Imperieuse HMS Lochinvar...
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Principality of Sealand has existed as an unrecognised micronation on HM Fort Roughs, a sea fort off the coast of Suffolk. It was occupied by Paddy Roy Bates,...
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Rosse Spit UK Humber 53°30’N 00°15’E SW-NE 4.5 2 Rough Shoals UK SNS 51°54’N 01°30’E S-N 10 8 HM Fort Roughs Royal Sovereign Shoals UK English Channel 50°45’N...
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south of Plymouth UK, commissioned between 1956 and 2001. Formerly named HM Gunnery School, Devonport, then Cambridge Gunnery School at Wembury. The site...
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soldier Roy Bates, a retired British Army major, staked a claim on HM Fort Roughs, an abandoned anti-aircraft platform in the North Sea, that had not...
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HMS Dryad HMS Ferret HMS Forest Moor HM Fort Roughs HMS Forward (1939) HMS Flycatcher HMS Ganges HMS Gannet HMS Harrier HM Holmrook Hall HMS Imperieuse HMS Lochinvar...
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Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. One of which on HM Fort Roughs is now occupied by the controversial Principality of Sealand. Post Second...
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in 1941 as an underground operations room. Anti-aircraft sea-forts (known as HM Fort Roughs), located 10 miles offshore, were kept supplied from HMS Badger...
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HMS Dryad HMS Ferret HMS Forest Moor HM Fort Roughs HMS Forward (1939) HMS Flycatcher HMS Ganges HMS Gannet HMS Harrier HM Holmrook Hall HMS Imperieuse HMS Lochinvar...
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Woolwich Dockyard (formally H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, also known as The King's Yard, Woolwich) was an English naval dockyard along the river Thames at...
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Authority. 2 September – Paddy Roy Bates proclaims HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell naval fort off the Suffolk coast, as an independent sovereign...
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HMS Dryad HMS Ferret HMS Forest Moor HM Fort Roughs HMS Forward (1939) HMS Flycatcher HMS Ganges HMS Gannet HMS Harrier HM Holmrook Hall HMS Imperieuse HMS Lochinvar...
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HMS Dryad HMS Ferret HMS Forest Moor HM Fort Roughs HMS Forward (1939) HMS Flycatcher HMS Ganges HMS Gannet HMS Harrier HM Holmrook Hall HMS Imperieuse HMS Lochinvar...
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HMS Dryad HMS Ferret HMS Forest Moor HM Fort Roughs HMS Forward (1939) HMS Flycatcher HMS Ganges HMS Gannet HMS Harrier HM Holmrook Hall HMS Imperieuse HMS Lochinvar...
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Pembroke Dockyard (redirect from HM Dockyard, Pembroke)
HMS Dryad HMS Ferret HMS Forest Moor HM Fort Roughs HMS Forward (1939) HMS Flycatcher HMS Ganges HMS Gannet HMS Harrier HM Holmrook Hall HMS Imperieuse HMS Lochinvar...
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