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Creatively Converted Sea Forts of Great Britain
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4-20-2008 4:46 PM
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Strange Adaptive Reuse of Military Architecture
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Since being decommissioned, many of these have gained strange second lives as everything from luxury resorts and private retreats to micronations and pirate radio stations.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/"><P><IMG alt="Sinking a Navy Sea Fort" src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/navy-sea-fort-sinking.jpg" /></p> <P><IMG alt="Sealand" src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/sealand.jpg" /></p> <P>Guy Maunsell is responsible for an amazing series of WWII <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts" title="Wikipedia: Maunsell Forts">army and navy sea forts</A>, many of which still stand today. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/"><P><IMG alt="Army Sea Forts" src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/army-sea-forts.jpg" /></p> <P>Maunsell’s <A href="http://www.ecastles.co.uk/armyforts.html" title="via Ecastles">army sea forts</A> were more specifically designed to repel smaller aircraft flying in to attack rather than to lay mines at site. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/"><P><IMG alt="Historic Navy Sea Forts" src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/historical-navy-sea-forts.jpg" /></p> <P><IMG alt="Converted Sea Fortress" src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/converted-sea-fortress.jpg" /></p> <P><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_Sand_Fort" title="Wiki Link">Horse Sands</A>, <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitbank_Fort" title="Wiki Link">Spitbank</A>, <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Helens_Fort" title="Wiki Link">St. Helens</A> and <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Mans_Land_Fort" title="Wiki Link">No Man’s Land</A> Forts were created in the mid-1800s as defensive sea forts around Portsmouth.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/"><P><IMG alt="Military Guard Tower and Lighthouse" src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/military-guard-tower-light-house.jpg" /></p> <P><A href="http://www.findonvillage.com/0707_giants_code_named_mn.htm" title="via FindonVillage">The Nab Tower,</A> now a lighthouse, was created in 1918 near Southampton in order to protect merchant vessels from attacks by German submarines. 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