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Sealand Radio - Part 3
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Issue: 2 Updated: 14th December 2011
The 1990's - 0000's includes photographs provided from the Bates family archive
In 1990 warning shots were made to deter 'The Golden Eye' the ship had ventured too close to the Principality
Friendly yachts moored off Sealand
By appointment only, 'Fawlty Python' a Westerly Konsort, & 'Steffy' a Jaguar 28 out of Tichmarsh Marina Walton-on-Naze visit Sealand in the summer of 1992
The Yachtsmen Doug, Paul & Mac chat with Sealand's Mike far left
Above photograph taken by Phil with 3.7" shell lockers
The galley
Said Mac 'Lunch was cooked on the yachts that day & pulled up in a bucket to be reheated to be enjoyed in the sunshine on deck'
The Row (top house corridor)
Sealand in 1994 with shell lockers at the south end, 3.7" gun still in place, a basic winch system, antenna, water carboy on Northern end
Michael 'Me with my son James aged 10 studying for his 11+ in the peace & solitude of Sealand waving to the fisheries patrol plane passing over, they sent us the photograph'
Sealand in 1995
Only 300 Sealand Passports were ever issued, but from 1997 fakes appeared said to have been made by the German behind the 1978 raid
Sealand in the 1997 with RiB on deck
In May 1999 the British MoD tried to evict Sealand by sending out a Navel vessel& a helicopter
East Anglian Times Tuesday 21st August 2001
Most mortals arrive in a less dignified fashion, Bosuns chair on a motorised hoist 2002
Passing into the new millennium a HM Treasury Solicitor was said to have been sent out to the Tower & whilst circling made an alleged offer of £20,000 if the Fort was vacated, this was flatly refused
In 2001 the Haven Co, a secure data business basing it's operation on Sealand
Looking north from the Heli-Pad in 2002
Much of the Forts fixtures & fixings, including the old Radio Essex equipment were thrown away in the clear-up operation conducted by the Americans
Deck view to the Essex/Suffolk shore 2002
Sealand in 2003
Sealand is in the busy waters of the east coast, with ships making journeys to & from mainland Europe & beyond
The first audio visual documentary of a Navel Fort, specifically Sealand was produced in 2003 available from Offshore Shop
The very last 3.7" shell storage tube was taken off the Fort in 2003
'Attention All Shipping'
Written by Charlie Connelly & published on 3rd June, 2004 by Little, Brown Book Group takes readers on a trip around the UK in the style of the Radio 4 Shipping Forecast, several pages include a interview with Michael of Sealand
The books readily available both new & used
The Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) heavy lifting vessel off Sealand
Work to maintain the lights & buoys of these waters is carried out by Trinity House
'Salmaid' A187 lifting the 'Roughs' East Cardinal buoy in July 2005
On 23rd June 2006 the Fort was hit by a catastrophic fire which began in a Gardner 180 generator, this ignited & destroyed all the Forts generation capability & the wooden generator house
The alarm was raised by a local fisherman who noticed black smoke, by midday the Tower had been evacuated; Thames Coastguard, Harwich RNLI lifeboat, Felixstowe Coastguard, & RAF rescue helicopter from Wattisham attended as the firefighting tug 'Brightwell' tackled the blaze which was brought under control by mid afternoon
Sealand on 25th June 2006
The fire tug doused the Tower with 1000's of gallons of seawater that added to damaging a good deal of the North infrastructure & flooding level 7 (G)
Pumped out the walls have subsequently been washed in fresh rainwater & dried
Now rebuilt evidence of the intensity of the fire can be judged by the distorted ammunition lift shaft in the North leg
The Tower incidentally has been continually occupied other than a couple of days following the fire see Sealand Fire
In August 2006 a known broadcast name forged ahead with plans to put a station on Sealand purchasing a transmitter, antenna, generator some studio equipment, the project was to progress little further, there being a domestic dispute over the enterprise
In January 2007 Swedish Pirate Bay were said to be interested in purchasing Sealand. A Spanish Real Estate Company 'Inmo Naranja' put Sealand up for sale at an asking price of £600 million
East Anglia Times 13th January 2007
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2008 Haven Co withdraw operations from Sealand
2008 Red Bull staged a frantic Skateboarding contest on Sealand
2009 a promised a Movie Film is still said to be 'on the cards'