Property for sale, Coastal location.

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Number 1, Thames estuary! Great views, a snip at 500k!..Good fishing though! and great natural light in the top tower!.
http://news.uk.msn.com/£500k-for-fort-property-on-thames-1
Mark

 

[brian]

It's like something out the movie Waterworld.If Scotland votes for independence ,i'll consider buying it for myself.
Brian

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Lol! ..... However postage, and internet access might be tricky!

Mark

 

[kagemusha]

Bet it needs a new damp course......

 

[Blind Pew]

Off street parking may be an issue. So I'll pass up on this one.
In all seriousness though, I bet they won't struggle selling it.

 

[Hawk_Uk]

Been out to see this item many a time, if any one has a spare £500,00 to spend it yours. Just needs a little TLC...
It would give you a prime spot for watching what ever they do with the Montgomery that is on the sea bed not far away

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

John!.. Now, that's an interesting fact! .. tell us more? its your area.. Clearly, its a ship of some description..

Mark

 

[Hawk_Uk]

Just off out the door but it is worth looking up.

It is a cargo ship sank during world war 2 after hitting a mine and is full of ammo, they didn't know what do to when it sank so they left it. 70 years on they still don't know what to do with a rotting ship full of unstable ammo..

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-18264067

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[Barke02]

If I remember correctly it was not a mine but a mooring cock-up. In the crowded shipping lanes of the River Medway the Montgomery was positioned at a mooring that was too shallow, and thus at low tide and it floundered on the mud flats and she broke her back. A lot of the cargo was removed from holds 1 and 2 before the shifting wreck made recovery difficult. Apparently there is still a 24 hour watch kept on the wreck to keep people away, but the wreck's contents are not thought to be a great danger. Each passing year lessens the risk as the contents rot away.

 

[Barke02]

A long time ago I paid a visit to the fort, it's going to need a lot of work..

 

[Waterman]

Barke02 is dead correct in his statement about the Richard Montgomery. Just to add my two pennoth , I understood that there was a strike called while unloading , so she was towed off the Berth to where she is now as that was thought to be a safer option while the Strike was on. She was always a prominent sight looking across from Sheerness , but as time goes on she appears to get harder to spot at High Tide, as she sinks further into the mudbank. Thanks Barke02 for bringing back childhood memories.