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 …
Guy Anson Maunsell (1884 – 1961) was the Civil Engineer who designed the Navy and Army Towers.
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.
Summary of information sources used with links.
U1 Sealand – U2 Blown up – U3 Collapsed – U4 Still good
Two Towers – Seven Decks – Lift Shaft – Bunks – Shuttering – Dolphin – Ammo – Guns – RADAR – Generators
Site buoyed – late arrival – tide calculations – dramatic heeling- tidal diamonds – all ends well
The current buoys in the area mark the Roughs Tower and not the shoal. Rough Shoals were first buoyed 1776.
Bombers – Northfleet – Maunsell – Tilbury – Barrier – Storm – Late arrival