Sunk Head Tower – what remains?
Commissioning 1942 H.M. Fort Sunk Head (U2) was the second Maunsell Navy Tower to be installed during World War Two in the Thames Estuary for Air Defence. After her commissioning at Tilbury, she was towed out on June 1st 1942: unlike The Maiden Voyage of Roughs Tower, the trip to the site was quick and …
8:Guy Maunsell
Guy Anson Maunsell (1884 – 1961) was the Civil Engineer who designed the Navy and Army Towers.
1:Video: The Maiden Voyage of Roughs Tower 11th February 1942
A 35 minute illustrated talk describing the Maiden Voyage and grounding of the first Maunsell Navy Fort on 11th February 1942. Most of the material is covered in the the other Roughs Tower items on this site.
7:Maunsell Towers Information
Summary of information sources used with links.
5:The Fate of the Navy Towers: Rough, Sunk, Tongue, Knock John
U1 Sealand – U2 Blown up – U3 Collapsed – U4 Still good
3:HM Fort Roughs Tower interior and operation
Two Towers – Seven Decks – Lift Shaft – Bunks – Shuttering – Dolphin – Ammo – Guns – RADAR – Generators
4:The Grounding of Roughs Tower
Site buoyed – late arrival – tide calculations – dramatic heeling- tidal diamonds – all ends well
6:NW & SE Roughs Tower site and Rough Shoals
The current buoys in the area mark the Roughs Tower and not the shoal. Rough Shoals were first buoyed 1776.
2:HM Fort Roughs Tower – the Maiden Voyage
Bombers – Northfleet – Maunsell – Tilbury – Barrier – Storm – Late arrival