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seven floors, four for crew quarters; the remainder provided dining, operational, and storage areas, e.g., for several generators, and for fresh water tanks and antiaircraft munitions. There was a steel framework at one end supporting a landing jetty and crane which was used to hoist supplies aboard; the wooden landing stage itself became known as a "dolphin".
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HM Fort Roughs was in operation within 30 minutes of being launched: the crew had been aboard during the fitting out in harbour and were well acquainted with the fort's equipment. Approximately 100 men were assigned to the barge before deployment on Rough Sands; thereafter, the fort was occupied by
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station at Tilbury docks by four tugs—"Dapper", "Crested Cock", "King Lear" and "Lady Brassey". Although setting off from Tilbury docks on the morning of 9 February 1942, an eventful journey meant that it did not reach its final destination until 16:00 on 11 February 1942. Held in place by the tug
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base with a support superstructure of two 60-foot (18 m) tall, 24-foot (7.3 m) diameter hollow reinforced concrete towers, walls roughly 3.5 inches (9 cm) thick; overall weight is estimated to have been approximately 4,500 tons. The twin concrete supporting towers were divided into
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As a contemporary historical society notes, Fort Roughs or the "Rough Towers" was "the first of originally four naval forts designed by G. Maunsell to protect the Thames Estuary." The artificial sea fort was constructed in dry dock at Red Lion Wharf,
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The towers were joined above the eventual waterline by a steel platform deck upon which other structures could be added; this became a gun deck, on which an upper deck and a central tower unit were constructed.
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British government official entities used Roughs Tower for a variety of purposes until 1956 when all full-time personnel were finally removed. Roughs Tower remained identified by name on
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150–300 Royal Navy personnel, which continued throughout World War II. At the conclusion of hostilities all original personnel were evacuated from HM Fort Roughs.
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the fort's location is at 51°53.71′N 1°28.83′E. The structure is marked by east and west cardinal buoys. Other references (taken from land-based maps) are
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anti-aircraft guns and the central tower radar installations atop a central living area that contained a galley, medical, and officers' quarters.
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recognition of his country and seven years later issued a constitution, flag, and national anthem, among other things, for the
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The locations of the seven Maunsell Forts off the east coast of England with HM Fort Roughs top right.
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This artificial naval installation is similar in some respects to early "fixed" offshore
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anti-aircraft guns were positioned at each end of this main deck, with a further two
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and 13 kilometres (7 nmi) from the coast of Essex. Today it is the location and
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now identify the former sea barge fort as Roughs Tower on their charts.
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located approximately 11 kilometres (6 nmi) from the coast of
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Naval fort off the coasts of Suffolk and Essex, United Kingdom
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For the unrecognised micronation located on Fort Roughs, see
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Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations
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capital of the unrecognised, self-proclaimed state of
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and known collectively as His Majesty's Forts or as
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