The forts of madness

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by krashkart

I have to feel for the guys stationed on the earlier forts. The lower ranks had to sleep in the bowels of the supports.



I'm taking a guess that this was one of those earlier Maunsell forts?

The platforms with just two pillars are Navy forts, and the ones in the OP are the Army forts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Sea_Forts

One Maunsell Sea Fort is now a nation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand


Whenever I think of Maunsell though, I always think of Richard Maunsell who designed completely different things:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Maunsell