Palmerston Fort - Fort Hoo

Palmerston Fort - Fort Hoo
Gillingham, United Kingdom (GB)
Fort Hoo, like Fort Darnet was built on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission on an island covering the inner navigable channel of the River Medway, Kent. Originally designed for 2 tiers of guns mounted in a circle, with a boom strung between them, there were many problems with subsidence, and after extensive cost overruns the forts were completed in 1871 with 1 tier, and 11 guns, a mixture of 9" and 7" RMLs, and no boom. The forts were never used in anger, and were disarmed before WWI. In WWII the fort was used as observation posts, with platforms and pillboxes built on top. Currently the fort is in fair condition, but owned by the Ministry of Defence, and landing is not allowed.

Darnet Fort is just across the channel to the NE.

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Not the old hulks scattered along the shore.
Fort Hoo, like Fort Darnet was built on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission on an island covering the inner navigable channel of the River Medway, Kent. Originally designed for 2 tiers of guns mounted in a circle, with a boom strung between them, there were many problems with subsidence, and after extensive cost overruns the forts were completed in 1871 with 1 tier, and 11 guns, a mixture of 9" and 7" RMLs, and no boom. The forts were never used in anger, and were disarmed before WWI. In WWII the fort was used as observation posts, with platforms and pillboxes built on top. Currently the fort is in fair condition, but owned by the Ministry of Defence, and landing is not allowed.

Darnet Fort is just across the channel to the NE.

Not the old hulks scattered along the shore.
View in Google Earth Military - Historic
Links: www.undergroundkent.co.uk
By: kjfitz

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