Former Fort Bembridge

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The 1860’s Royal Commission resulted in a massive fort building program and the Isle of Wight was no exception to this. On the east side of the island Fort Bembridge was constructed to act as a keep to the four coastal batteries in Sandown Bay. It was also designed to act as a final retreat had the Isle of Wight been invaded.



The fort is hexagonal in design and surrounded by a dry ditch. The original design showed single caponiers but during the actual construction these were replaced with double ones. Originally the fort was armed with six 7-inch RBLs which were replaced in 1893 by six 64pdr RMLs and two 4 inch BLs. The RMLs were removed in 1900 and the BLs were removed three years later.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bembridge_Fort
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Coordinates:   50°40'15"N   1°7'5"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago