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Issue 2 : Updated : 21st February 2008

Welcome Aboard

Same view different lighting;

1. Natural light looking up from (Point B) to intermediate level (Point G)

2. Flash assisted to show detail

Looking down from (Point G) to (Point B)

Intermediate Floor Level Plan

Top of the stairs & closed doors (Point G)

The crane motor assembly on the floor (Point G) Access to right passes Men's Sleeping to Men's Recreation (Point H) now the Red Sands Radio Galley. Entry is actually by a short corridor which is different than shown on the plans

Crane motors were scavenged for parts years ago, the solid steel assembly is very heavy & must have come down with some force

The Men's Recreation Room/Galley arrangement using the original storage cupboards which long ago lost their doors

1. The Men's Recreation Room/Galley light switch 2. The inner door handle

(Point H)

Returning to (Point G) from (Point H) stairs to top level on the left

The armchair to right is in the NCO's Sleeping (Point L) which is Red Sands Radio Lounge & News Room. There's a short corridor that runs between (Point L) & the Water Tanks (Point J) to the Ammunition Room (Point K)

Door on left is NCO's Recreation Room (Point M) Red Sands Radio Studio The Store shown on the plan was removed in 1964 by Radio Invicta, we have it's door

Stairs to top level on the left, ahead NCO's Recreation/Red Sands Radio Studio (Point M)

Inside NCO's Recreation area used by Radio Invicta for lounge/sleeping (1964)

More pictures in Red Romance

Studio with Printz, the lad's not a good sailor hence the Water Wings

The stairs to top level, the Gunners Tool Cupboard to the right houses the Ship-Shore Link & the door to the left leads to a short flight of steps onto the roof

Looking East towards the Windfarm

A Seagull dives from Gun Tower 3

Close up of Gun Tower 4 showing vegetation thriving in the gutters

Grateful thanks to Rupert Murray & Kevin Turner for additional photographs

This feature will continue in Red Sands Radio - Part 5

3/1/08 - Thanks for the Red Sands Radio update just a short message to wish you and yours a happy new year. Your site continues to be one of the best and most informative sites on offshore radio - T A Smith

05/09/07 - Enjoyed the Red Sands Radio broadcast. I couldnt get the signal on AM due to our local University station on the same frequency! but downloaded it all via the net. I Hope Red Sands Radio returns from time to time on another frequency so I can receive it live here. All good stuff for my radio! Cheers for now - DR St Albans

For a brief history of all the Thames Estuary Forts see Fort Fax