Roughs Tower.

Roughs Tower is a barge sunk on Rough Sands sandbar in the North Sea by the Royal Navy in the World War II era. HMS Fort Rough (its official name) was constructed in 1942 as one of the Maunsell Sea Forts. It comprised a floating barge with a superstructure of two towers joined by a deck upon which other structures could be added. It was towed to a position six statute miles (10 km) off the coast of Suffolk, England, at 51° 53′ 40″ N 1° 28′ 57″ E. The structure now visible above the waterline is the superstructure of the vessel. Picture of Sealand With permission of Bureau of Internal Affairs Principality of Sealand From; http://www. ... Picture of Sealand With permission of Bureau of Internal Affairs Principality of Sealand From; http://www. ... Rough Sands is the name given to a sandbar located approximately six miles from the coast of Suffolk and eight miles from the coast of Essex, England. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... His or Her Majestys Ship (HMS) is the title of any commissioned ship in the British Royal Navy, and refers to the King or Queen of the United Kingdom as appropriate at the time. ... This article is about the year. ... The Maunsell Sea Forts are a set of sea forts built in Britain in WWII. Guy Maunsell designed four Naval Sea Forts, double pontoon gun platforms with 2 6 guns and a Bofors, sunk in position in 1942 to deter and report back German attempts at mine laying (called Roughs... Self propelled barge carrying bulk crushed stone A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. ... A tower is a high structure, usually man-made. ... Suffolk (pronounced suffuk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...

The facility was occupied by 150-300 Royal Navy personnel throughout World War II; however, after the war all personnel were relocated and HMS Fort Rough was left derelict. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...

On September 2, 1967, the fort was occupied by Paddy Roy Bates, a British subject and pirate-radio broadcaster, who ejected a competing group of pirate broadcasters and claimed the platform as his own "micronation" (see Sealand), making claims for sovereignity based on his own interpretations of international law and micronation theory. September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paddy Roy Bates, also known as H.R.H. Prince Roy, The Prince of Sealand (born c. ... A British subject is a person who holds a certain form of nationality under the British Nationality Act 1981. ... The term Pirate Radio is used for an illegal broadcast. ... Micronations – which are sometimes also referred to as cybernations, fantasy countries, model countries, new country projects, and online nations – are entities that resemble independent states, but for the most part exist only on paper, on the Internet, or in the minds of their creators. ... Rough Sands, location of Sealand The Principality of Sealand is a micronation (i. ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region or group of people, such as a nation or a tribe. ... Micronations – which are sometimes also referred to as cybernations, fantasy countries, model countries, new country projects, and online nations – are entities that resemble independent states, but for the most part exist only on paper, on the Internet, or in the minds of their creators. ...