Horse Sand Fort

Horse Sand Fort

Horse Sand Fort is one of the larger Royal Commission sea forts in the Solent off Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It is 240' across, built between 1865 and 1880, with two floors anda basement, armour plated all round. The original armament was to have been45 10" and 44 12.5" RML guns on the gun floors and 10 12" RMLs on the roof in five turrets. In fact the turrets were never built and the limited space meant the 12.5" guns had to be operated with less than full charges ofpowder. In 1882, 12" RBL guns were placed in alternate bays.

Other sea forts include Spitbank Fort, St Helens Fort and No Mans Land Fort.

External links

* [http://www.palmerstonforts.org.uk/map/hspl2.htm Plan of Horse Sand Fort Upper Gun Deck]
* [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=18&ll=50.749935,-1.072551&spn=0.002858,0.006738&t=k Horse Sand Fort on Google Maps]
* [http://www.palmerstonforts.org.uk/map/pomap.htm Map of Portsmouth Defences]


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