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Red Sands Fort

Red Sands Radio antenna maintenance

3rd April 2016

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1. Yachts at All Tide Landing Queenborough

2. & 3. From the X-Pilot on the All Tide Landing

4. Yachts on the All Tide Landing from the prow of X-Pilot

5. Leaving the All Tide Landing

6. Adsteam Damen ASD 2411 Tugs at Sheerness

These highly maneuverable stern drive vessels have around a 70 ton bollard pull

Built in Vietnam the tugs have been in service since 2006

7. Grain Tower 1

8. Grain Tower 2

9. Grain Tower 3

10. Grain Tower 4

See our full feature on Grain Tower

11. Approaching Red Sands Fort ...

12. ... from the West

13. Alternative to 12 above

14. Closer view from West

15. Southern Gun Tower One (G1)
16. Control & Southern Gun Tower One (G1)

17. G1, 2 & Control Towers
18. Gun Tower 2

19. & 20. Southern Gun Tower ...

21. ... with Red Sands Radio antenna

22. Antenna from below
23. Bob with David Phillips & Robin Adcroft

24. Intermediate level, essential tea break

25. Bob & Dave on the roof of G1

26. Bob with David Phillips & Robin Adcroft

27. Former Officers (NCO's) Recreation Room, Red Sands Radio Studio

Originally the room was split to encompass a store room which was retained for a time on Shivering Sands when Radio Sutch & City used the same room as their studio

28. G1 to Control Tower Jungle Walk

29. Bofors Tower
30. Red Sands Radio Generator Plant
31. Between the legs from the base of G1

Frame 29 photographed from NCO's Sleeping area which was the Red Sands Radio Lounge & News Room

30. Red Sands Radio Generators are Kipor KDE 6500T with an output of 5.5 kVa

31. Roof ring pull gun platform lock

32. Shipping in the Oaze Deep

On way to Knock John Channel, Knob Channel then depending on destination North East into the Warp, Swain, Middle Deep into Kings, or Barrow or Black Deep

Easterly to Alexandra, Princes, Edinburgh, Knock Deep or Queens

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