The towers were constructed in 1942 by the architect Guy Maunsell. The towers were a part of the Thames Estuary Special Defence Units (TESDU) project. You had Three forts in the Thames estuary: Nore(U5), Red Sands (U6) and Shivering Sands (U7). Each of these AA Forts Carried Four QF 3.75 Guns and 2 Bofors 40 mm guns. .The purpose for these towers was to provide a good military anti-aircraft defense. During the war the forts shot down 22 aircrafts and about 30 flying bombs. They were decommissioned by the MoD in the late 1950s.</p> <p>Red Sands was also occupied by Radio Invicta, later named KING Radio, before Ted Allbeury turned it into a professional-sounding easy listening station called Radio 390, after its wavelength of approximately 390 metres. The Danger Man episode "Not-so-Jolly Roger" was partly filmed at Redsands and includes an acknowledgement to Radio 390 in its closing credits. Also filmed at the Red Sand forts was the Doctor Who serial Fury from the Deep, in which the complex stood in for a North Sea gas refinery besieged by an intelligent seaweed creature. Now there is a small group of people that are trying to restore something with such great history. The stairs of one tower are already restored and there is also a bridge restored.
Fun facts:
- The Prodigy filmed their music video at these towers
- The owner of 1 of the forts didn't knew how the other towers looked inside it had been 50 years since it has seen some people in their. So that was quit an experience...
Fun facts:
- The Prodigy filmed their music video at these towers
- The owner of 1 of the forts didn't knew how the other towers looked inside it had been 50 years since it has seen some people in their. So that was quit an experience...
