Fort Hoo
Fort Hoo is the ruin of a fort on an island in the River Medway in the English administrative county of Borough of Medway . The Palmerston Fort , like Fort Darnet , was built on the orders of the Royal Commission in 1859 in the upper navigable section of the River Medway.
history
Originally, the fort was designed to hold two rows of guns in a circle with a beam barrier stretched between the fort and Fort Darnet , but there were many problems with the settlement of the buildings. After massive cost overruns, the forts were completed in 1871 with just one row of 11 guns. It was a mixture of 7 "and 9" front loaders with rifled barrels, the bar lock was not used.
Both forts were decommissioned before the First World War . During the Second World War the fort served as an observation post; there were pillboxes installed on it. The fort is still relatively well preserved today and is considered a Scheduled Monument . It belongs to the Ministry of Defense and landing on the island is officially prohibited.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 12 ″ N , 0 ° 34 ′ 53 ″ E