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1 2 3 4   UER Forum > Archived World > Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK (Viewed 3818 times) Wormwood  Location: Finland Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 20 on 5/26/2009 12:27 PM >   Maunsell towers can be seen at the end of Prodigy's "Invaders Must Die" music video. http://www.youtube...RyyJI&feature=fvst (cool video and quite a good song by the way.) "Don't ask me where I am, I'm trying to come home." dangerous dave  Location: truro cornwall uk Gender: Male  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 21 on 5/26/2009 2:26 PM >   that whole area of water is under radar cover so you would be spotted by port control very quick. and has a bit of a tide flow so count out the small boats so any element of stealth has gone due to that. it would be easy to get to on a decent boat but the issue is would the ports send the police/ harbor master after you \/adder  Location: DunkarooLand Gender: Male I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 22 on 5/26/2009 6:56 PM >   The people who took the pictures got out there, close enough to get the shots. Supply Checklist: Boat that you could anchor a mile or so away Fuck a raft: Jetskis Bow&Arrow+Leadline and Grappling hook/rope Climbing Harness and Ascenders ♫Cue mission impossible theme♫ "No risk, no reward, no fun." "Go all the way or walk away" escensi omnis... Air  Location: Canada  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 23 on 5/27/2009 2:03 AM >   What's wrong with you people, UBOATS!!!!!!! "The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist siologen  Location: Melbourne, Australia. I Go Where The Drains Are  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 24 on 5/27/2009 9:05 PM >   Posted by TheVicariousVadder Bow&Arrow+Leadline and Grappling hook/rope One of the towers has a retrofitted landing platform and ladder. I think it was installed after new sea fenders were added to the towers legs. Big Drayyynes! http://siologen.livejournal.com Blog \/adder  Location: DunkarooLand Gender: Male I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 25 on 5/27/2009 11:39 PM >   Posted by siologen One of the towers has a retrofitted landing platform and ladder. I think it was installed after new sea fenders were added to the towers legs. Even easier then. "No risk, no reward, no fun." "Go all the way or walk away" escensi omnis... TurboZutek  King Dick Location: Scotland Gender: Male Giant octo-penised rapephant  |  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 26 on 5/28/2009 8:57 AM >   I think it would be a simple matter of extending my dick out from the mainland. Then, like plank walkers of old, we could all safely walk across my 'cock-o-bridge'. Surely that's the easiest way? Chris... We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. Imbroglio  Location: DFW Gender: Male The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 27 on 5/29/2009 3:52 PM >   I think easier than the cock-o-bridge would be a helicopter assault; simply land on top of the one you wanna explore and find a way in. I mean, there's bound to be a rooftop access port, right? I didn't say it was economical, just easiest. Also, anyone who would try to cross those connecting bridges, after sitting out there in (well, above) salt water for all these years is insane. *edit* - Oops...just saw a more recent picture, looks like the walkways are MIA now anyway. [last edit 5/29/2009 4:03 PM by Imbroglio - edited 1 times] http://www.noelkernsphotography.com Imbroglio  Location: DFW Gender: Male The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 28 on 5/29/2009 4:00 PM >   Posted by dsankt I'm considering harnessing Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe to some kind of sea going chariot. One must be resourceful. With Phelps and Thorpe you'd never get there, you'd just go in circles. Phelps is faster. http://www.noelkernsphotography.com G to the Race  Hi!  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 29 on 5/29/2009 5:43 PM >   That blog has some amazing stuff, check out the igloo hotel in Alaska and the giant hand in Argentina. Awesome. You betcha Sepia  Location: Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia. Gender: Male  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 30 on 6/1/2009 1:56 AM >   all your infiltration problems.... solved!! http://dvice.com/a...ow_to_build_yo.php Oh Noes!!! IT'S ANOTHER NOOB!!! PhotoSeeker  Location: Sudbury Gender: Male MikeOnline  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 31 on 6/1/2009 2:12 AM >   Something else you may find interesting are the so-called Texas Towers. They were three platforms built in the Atlantic, off the US East Coast. There were supposed to be five, but only three were actually built. These platforms had one search radar, and two heightfinder radars, and were linked into the SAGE system as part of North American Air Defense. Of particular interest to some of you may be the tragic story of Texas Tower 4 that, having suffered early hurricane damage, finally collapsed during a winter storm taking 28 people with it. For more info, if you're interested, check out... http://www.radomes...ts/TexasTower.html Lots of Urban Exploration goodness at https://urbexobsession.com lilli  Location: Surrey UK Gender: Female Aunt - Replace A with C  |  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 32 on 6/6/2009 9:22 PM >   With the amount of Awesome, Epic, Uber, L33t explorers in the UK at the moment I am surprised that it hasn't been done already! ... With the appropriate amount of posing people shots included (which should number more than the number of the shots of the location) of course Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings. TurboZutek  King Dick Location: Scotland Gender: Male Giant octo-penised rapephant  |  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 33 on 6/7/2009 10:54 AM >   Posted by lilli With the amount of Awesome, Epic, Uber, L33t explorers in the UK at the moment I am surprised that it hasn't been done already! ... With the appropriate amount of posing people shots included (which should number more than the number of the shots of the location) of course Hmmmm, perhaps we need more cock-waving to try and get the team across? Chris... We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. Imbroglio  Location: DFW Gender: Male The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 34 on 6/7/2009 6:17 PM >   I'll send a fresh, crisp five dollar bill (USD) to the first person to post a set of interior photos from these towers! No historical shots mind you...must be taken after June 6th, 2009. http://www.noelkernsphotography.com TurboZutek  King Dick Location: Scotland Gender: Male Giant octo-penised rapephant  |  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 35 on 6/7/2009 7:19 PM >   Wow... Converted to UKP, that could ALMOST buy a Big-Mac Meal!! Chris... We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. Imbroglio  Location: DFW Gender: Male The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 36 on 6/8/2009 4:26 AM >   Posted by turbozutek Wow... Converted to UKP, that could ALMOST buy a Big-Mac Meal!! Chris... I know, I know...but hey, don't worry about me...I can afford it! http://www.noelkernsphotography.com Freak  Location: Usually Alaska, now MSP. Gender: Male Hypocrite  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 37 on 6/24/2009 9:26 PM >   There's a modern version of the Texas Towers up in Alaska right now: http://www.noahsha...chives/003097.html I agree with the boat plan, it's not too hard. I've been out to various "inaccesible" islands several times on small boats, either the drive-n-drop method, or the "surf in on a kayak and try not to drown" method. Small boats don't show up on radar very well, especially plastic/fiberglass hulls and anything with mostly convex angles, or anything low to the water (it's why certain boats have to have special radar reflectors). You're more in danger of getting visually spotted by some concerned nosy boater than you are of showing up on coast guard radar. http://freak.minim...com/lighthouse.htm Both times I've been on that lighthouse we've set off alarms, once in the lighthouse itself "Coast Guard will respond, if you are not in distress do not enter", and once in a cell tower equipment shed. No one showed up within 12 hours, so they don't care that much, and it's an active site that's critical to all kinds of communications and navigation stuff. Actually the second time I went to ridiculous lengths to bypass the lighthouse door alarm, only to find it had been recently cut! If the US coasties can't be bothered to check out an alarm at such a site post 9-11, then I imagine the UK coasties have better things to do than go all special-ops on someone taking pictures of a rusty abandoned tower. Conclusion: small boats probably wont' be noticed on radar, and if they are, no one will likely care. Turn off the internet and go play outside. http://spamusement...hp/comics/view/137 Imbroglio  Location: DFW Gender: Male The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 38 on 9/22/2009 7:45 PM >   Just an FYI...the latest patch/update to "Call of Duty: World at War" includes a map called "Battery" that is loosely based on the Maunsell Sea Forts, as you can see this screenshot: http://www.noelkernsphotography.com metawaffle  King of Puns Location: Brisbane! Gender: Male Purveyor of Fine Lampshades  |  |  Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK <Reply # 39 on 9/23/2009 10:34 AM >   For a second there, I thought someone had gone in and taken photos http://www.longexposure.net UER Forum > Archived World > Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK (Viewed 3818 times)  1 2 3 4   All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 189 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741115125 pages have been generated.