Maunsell Forts (22 pics)
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The Maunsell Sea Forts were small fortified towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during World War II to help defend the United Kingdom, named after their designer, Guy Maunsell. They were decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for other activities. One became the Principality of Sealand; some of the others were used for pirate radios in 1960s; another forts were lost after ship collisions, destroyed by engineers or collapsed in a storm.
