Cliffe Fort, Kent. Sept '14

Built in the 1860s, Cliffe Fort was designed to protect the Thames from invasion. It was armed with 12.5-inch 38-ton and 11-inch 25-ton rifled muzzle-loading guns. Protection of these guns was provided by granite-faced casemates with shields for added defence. The shields, casemates and the rails on which the gun carriages stood are all still visible today.

Unfortunately, the place is flooded. I hope to return with a dinghy one day.























These tracks were for a Brennan guided torpedo installed in 1890. The torpedo worked by coiling huge lengths of wire around the two propellers, pulling the wires to drive it forward, and controlling individual speed to change direction.
It was used for twenty years before it was replaced by quick firing guns.



And a nice ship wreck outside

Nice shots. Looks a pretty site, but rather damp for my liking.

Liking that - my sort of place!

Nice pne chopper, I really like Cliffe fort

Go with waders rather than a dinghy, too many things to cause punctures under the water! Its not too deep apart from the bit under the Brennan ranging area

What a shame it's gotten like that. Needs preserving in some way

Nice report, if you have a look on that "other" forum, some of the nutters on there did a boat trip
Mental is not the right word.

Cheers newage

Classic Kent explore, nicely done! Meant to get down there over the weekend myself, but unforeseen complications arose! The OP is the real cherry on the cake here, love it! Definitely a welly job at least, with all all that water around.

The OP? Sorry, probably obvious but just woke up
I'll try waders instead, cheers for the heads up

Looks like a great place to get bitten to death in the hot weather by the dreaded mossie but still a cracking site for a explore.Ace shots and thanks for sharing.