Horse Sand Fort is one of the larger Royal Commission sea forts in the Solent off Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The fort is one of four built as part...
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Breakwater Fort, completed 1865, the four Spithead Forts: Horse Sand Fort, No Mans Land and St Helens Forts which were built 1865–1880 and Spitbank Fort, built...
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swim, to avoid any attempt to escape". No Man's Land Fort is almost identical to Horse Sand Fort. It has been used as a luxury home/hospitality centre...
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gun to seaward. The other sea forts, all larger, are Spitbank Fort, Horse Sand Fort and No Man's Land Fort. The Solent Forts - often known as "Palmerston's...
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Spitbank Fort or Spitsand Fort or Spit Sand Fort or simply Spit Fort is a sea fort built as a result of the 1859 Royal Commission. The fort is one of four...
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not for Horse Sand Fort. In 2020, the three were listed for sale. Spitbank Fort St Helens Fort Horse Sand Fort No Man's Land Fort These forts are situated...
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oxen and 12 horses and mules from their camp south of Denver. George Bent (a half-Cheyenne, half-white man who survived the ensuing Sand Creek Massacre...
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(Hampshire) Coast Rgt – at Horse Sand Fort A Bty at Horse Sand Fort – redesignated 121 Bty 1 April 1941 B Bty at No Man's Land Fort – redesignated 122 Bty...
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SOUTHSEA Milton, Eastney, Southsea, Horse Sand Fort Portsmouth PO5 SOUTHSEA Southsea, Somerstown, Spitbank Fort Portsmouth PO6 PORTSMOUTH Farlington...
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Coast Guard station were at Walberswick in Suffolk - The fort used was the Horse Sand Fort much further south in the Solent - The unveiling ceremony...
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Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tȟašúŋke Witkó [tˣaˈʃʊ̃kɛ witˈkɔ], lit. 'His-Horse-Is-Crazy'; c. 1840 – September 5, 1877) was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala...
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Lumps Fort and Fort Cumberland.[page needed] Four sea forts were built in the Solent by Lord Palmerston: Spitbank Fort, St Helens Fort, Horse Sand Fort and...
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Grange Fort Monckton Fort Rowner Portsmouth Fort Cumberland Lumps Fort Sea Forts Horse Sand Fort No Mans Land Fort Spitbank Fort St Helens Fort Isle of...
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Brough Asylum (St James' Hospital) opens. 1880 – Horse Sand Fort and No Man's Fort open as forts for the Royal Navy, and they remain operational until...
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including the Isle of Wight and the three sea forts at Spithead (Spitbank Fort, No Man's Land Fort and Horse Sand Fort). On the outbreak of war, the Hampshire...
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Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom (category Palmerston Forts)
At Fort Darnet on the Medway, the casemates form a complete circle. Horse Sand Fort is built on the sea bed of the Solent. St Catherine's Fort which...
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Navy's navigation school. After the war, Saltburn ran aground off Horse Sand Fort on 26 October 1945 and was declared a constructive total loss. She...
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W. Ward of Briton Ferry in April 1928 but was wrecked en route off Horse Sand Fort, Portsmouth. The wreck was sold to the Middlesbrough Salvage Company...
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were controlled by four Fire Commands (FCs) at the Needles, Culver, Horse Sand Fort and Square Tower (Portsmouth). With the danger of invasion after the...
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recoil slides. They were installed in forts in England at Spitbank Fort, No Man's Land Fort and Horse Sand Fort from 1884 onward and were in active service...
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from the Victorian Forts website. List of forts on the Isle of Wight Spitbank Fort St Helens Fort Horse Sand Fort No Man's Land Fort "'Palmerston's Follies':...
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both shores of the Solent and the three sea forts of Spitbank Fort, No Man's Land Fort and Horse Sand Fort. In November 1915 the TEE formed an additional...
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the mouth of Horse Creek, 30 miles (48 km) downriver from Fort Laramie, because the area around Fort Laramie lacked food for the horses. Many natives...
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minesweeper sank in the Solent in a gale after fouling the defense boom off Horse Sand Fort. 63 crew were rescued by the Bembridge Life Boat and 25 by the Selsey...
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Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is an American national park that conserves an area of large sand dunes on the eastern edge of the San Luis...
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Amer Fort or Amber Fort is a fort located in Amer, Rajasthan, India. Amer is a town with an area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi) located 11 kilometres...
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would protect human health and environment. Fort Ord's former military golf courses, Bayonet and Black Horse, are, as of January 16, 1997, public golf courses...
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located on the site of the former military base Fort Ord. Also on the site are the Bayonet and Black Horse golf courses, now open to the public and host...
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location. Fort Sedgwick and Julesburg were attacked on January 7, 1865, by about 1,000 Cheyenne and Sioux men in retribution for the Sand Creek massacre...
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Fort Lyon was composed of two 19th-century military fort complexes in southeastern Colorado. The initial fort, also called Fort Wise, operated from 1860...
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