Exploring Abandoned British Sea Fort - Grain Tower Battery

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[@magnus800]

That opening shot, was the Sheerness docks one of the oldest ports in the UK. I work there. We still have a lot of forts in the port.

[@memejeff]

Amazing place. I never realized how many of these fortresses were about. I was only familiar with Sealand and it's radio history. Always fun to make some crab and shrimp firends as well :).

[@joshuabessire9169]

Sealand and Sandland: more powerful than the Warsaw Pact (circa 1996).

[@metallitech]

Great brick structure.

[@patchvonbraun]

Thanks for sharing this. I think the last time I was back in the UK was in 2001 for an IETF meeting--there was also one in Minneapolis the same year that I was at. I was born in a seaside town in the UK, but the family moved to Canada in 1967. I've been back a handful of times since then.

[@gannas42]

This is pretty sweet, thanks for sharing your vacation footage with us!

[@Nettsinthewoods]

Thank you for this, I’ve just come back from this spot today. I thoroughly enjoyed your video. I do agree, it’s not a safe place for everyone to visit, the causeway is dodgy enough.

[@simongee8928]

The WW2 gun emplacement was for a 'twin six', a double barrelled six pounder emplacement that I'm reliably assured that a good crew could get a rate of fire of over 100 rounds a minute - ! 😮

[@lemonblazer123]

Great stuff, this looks so fun. I'm glad you're also a Sealand fan, it seems right up your alley. Can you imagine what it'd be like to visit?

[@saveitforparts]

Sealand would be pretty cool to visit, I'm glad it's managed to hold out this long without the UK just taking it over or blowing it up! The only successful micronation that I know of!

[@lemonblazer123]

@@saveitforparts It's a shame it's in British waters as of '87, though. At least we can still buy titles! Speaking of which, did you know fake Sealand passports were used for money laundering in Russia and Iran before they were all revoked in 1997? That place has an insane history.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

When ya click the up thumb, before watching. Sweet Cricket lighter 1:04 (correction: Clipper! which is probably a reference to the album by The Streets) 😆 Dangerous, but fun place to throw a rave.

[@timmycee9940]

Nice video. Glad you enjoyed exploring my local area!

[@saveitforparts]

It's a cool place! I wish we had more time to poke around some of the other military ruins and stuff nearby :-)

[@haydensreview3425]

What a cool place I definitely need to visit that place some day ;)

[@ruffmansavageveteran1345]

Nice!

[@CaptainJohn]

Very cool!

[@cliffandrews]

Yup....disassemble it and take it to SandLand👍

[@Monstermix24]

If you like all that sort of stuff you should come and vist southampton in thr UK where im at

[@saveitforparts]

Maybe next time we get over there!

[@Rebar77_real]

You're becoming the Canadian Tom Scott with all of this relevant site trivia. Interesting abandoned place, I'm surprised there's still scrap iron left in the lift. Thanks for taking the time!

[@saveitforparts]

Ha, I'm not Canadian, but close (originally Alaska, now Minnesota).

[@Rebar77_real]

@@saveitforparts D'oh! Sorry, I thought you were over in Manitoba for some reason. My bad. Have a good one!

[@mor4y]

If you pay attention to nature like you seem too then a trip to Scotland might interest you.... the east coast has the north sea, a.k.a the antarctic ocean renamed for the tourists, stuff quite similar to what you're used to at home. Meanwhile the west coast takes the full brunt of the ocean jetstream from the Caribbean, and has a completely different makeup. Giant jellyfish in the water, palm trees next to it(!), it's polar opposites that are less than 100 miles apart Where the 2 oceans meet up near Orkney or Shetland, you can still still grooves worn into the rock by Vikings pushing longboats up one beach and down another at the islands thinnest points to avoid rough seas where they met in open water And lastly, just Google 'scottish Island beaches', takes my breath away and I live here, put a jacket on and you'd be forgiven for thinking you were in the Mediterranean

[@saveitforparts]

I've been to the middle bit of Scotland years ago, and I've been to a beach in Wales, but yes I need to get up to the far north of the UK some day!

[@o0julek0o]

Let us know ahead of time if you make it to Portsmouth. We could do a meetup!

[@saveitforparts]

Maybe next time! I'd love to see more parts of the UK.

[@o0julek0o]

@@saveitforparts there’s some gems around the country. The best thing near me is Fort Gilkicker. Have a look on KZbin ;)

[@orowizard1369]

I wonder how much it is for sale for and how much the property taxes are. Edit: and how deep the water gets on base where the crabs were shown.

[@blintscav]

Didn't know you were an Alaskan!

[@saveitforparts]

Yep, originally from Southeast Alaska!

[@troopergoodwin6530]

not sandland but still pretty good :)

[@saveitforparts]

We should build one at Sandland...