{"id":1550721,"date":"2022-07-12T13:34:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1550721"},"modified":"2022-07-12T13:34:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:34:38","slug":"preppers-dream-highly-affordable-decommissioned-island-fort-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/preppers-dream-highly-affordable-decommissioned-island-fort-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepper\u2019s Dream: Highly Affordable, Decommissioned Island Fort For Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpreppers-dream-highly-affordable-decommissioned-island-fort-for-sale%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1550721&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>It\u2019s a battle-tested dream for any prepper.<\/p>\n<p>A World War I-era island fort off the eastern coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/england\">England<\/a> is going up for auction and could go for as little as $60,000. Bull Sand Fort, which boasts three floors, an observation tower, and panoramic views of the North Sea, is set to go under the hammer next Tuesday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11005049\/World-War-One-fort-two-miles-sea-accommodates-200-people-goes-market-50-000.html\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Grade II listed sea fort constructed between 1915 and 1919 for naval sea defence during World War One and used in World War Two,\u201d reads the real estate listing.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Interesting trip out to Bull Sand Fort at the mouth of the Humber. It&#8217;s going up for auction soon. What would you do with a 103 year old concrete and steel fortress? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v5yidVFneH\">pic.twitter.com\/v5yidVFneH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Dennett (@UltramarineUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UltramarineUK\/status\/1542456583426293760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The island fort, built around 1915 and roughly two miles off the coast of Cleethorpes, Lincsk, can house up to 200 people, has a basement, a jetty, and an artesian well fed by\u00a0a natural stream below the seabed. It is also reinforced with concrete and built to stand up to attack from the sea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fort was constructed on top of a submerged sandbank by driving two concentric steel rings into the ground and depositing thousands of tons of chalk and rubble to form a firm foundation,\u201d according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.castlesfortsbattles.co.uk\/yorkshire\/humber_forts.html\">CastlesFortsBattles.co.uk<\/a>. \u201cThe fort itself was a four-level, steel framed, circular structure reinforced by concrete and its seaward side was fitted out with 12-inches of armour designed to withstand gunfire from heavy naval units.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it is definitely a fixer-upper. The listing seems to hint it could be a money pit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn need of refurbishment throughout with potential for development or alternative uses, subject to consent,\u201d it states.<\/p>\n<p>The fort was only completed after World War I ended, but was used during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>During World War Two, it was armed, besides the usual small and rapid-fire weapons, by four six-inch guns and two six-pounder guns, according to CastlesFortsBattles.co.uk.<\/p>\n<p>It was decommissioned in 1956.<\/p>\n<p>One issue that may scare off some potential buyers: It\u2019s only accessible by private boat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a battle-tested dream for any prepper. A World War I-era island fort off the eastern coast of England is going up for auction and could go for as little as $60,000. Bull Sand Fort, which boasts three floors, an observation tower, and panoramic views of the North Sea, is set to go under the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1550847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1550721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1550847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1550721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1550721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}