MARINES MAN "ISLAND FORTS" TO PROTECT BRITAIN'S EAST COAST SHIPPING. 2 SEPTEMBER 1943, IN THE NORTH SEA. ISLAND FORTS PROTECT EAST COAST SHIPPING FROM LOW FLYING ENEMY AIRCRAFT. THESE FORTS ARE COMMISSIONED AS HM SHIPS AND ARE CALLED AFTER THE SANDS ON WHICH THEY STAND. EACH CONSISTS OF TWO CONCRETE TOWERS, 50 FEET HIGH FROM THE BASE, CONNECTED BY A STEEL SUPERSTRUCTURE ON WHICH THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND EQUIPMENT ARE MOUNTED. ALL THE ARMAMENT IS MANNED BY ROYAL MARINES UNDER RNVR OFFICERS, WITH NAVAL RATINGS FOR TECHNICAL DUTIES. MAIL AND SUPPLIES ARE REGULARLY DELIVERED TO THE FORTS. - The
MARINES MAN "ISLAND FORTS" TO PROTECT BRITAIN'S EAST COAST SHIPPING. 2 SEPTEMBER 1943, IN THE NORTH SEA. ISLAND FORTS PROTECT EAST COAST SHIPPING FROM LOW FLYING ENEMY AIRCRAFT. THESE FORTS ARE COMMISSIONED AS HM SHIPS AND ARE CALLED AFTER THE SANDS ON WHICH THEY STAND. EACH CONSISTS OF TWO CONCRETE TOWERS, 50 FEET HIGH FROM THE BASE, CONNECTED BY A STEEL SUPERSTRUCTURE ON WHICH THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND EQUIPMENT ARE MOUNTED. ALL THE ARMAMENT IS MANNED BY ROYAL MARINES UNDER RNVR OFFICERS, WITH NAVAL RATINGS FOR TECHNICAL DUTIES. MAIL AND SUPPLIES ARE REGULARLY DELIVERED TO THE FORTS. - The Commanding Officer of one of the forts, SUNK HEAD FORT, Lieut J N Edwards, RNVR (left), from Motherwell, Scotland, and Lieut M W C Hibbitt, RNVR ("Guns"), who was a schoolmaster at Brighton before the war. This fort's guns have accounted for four enemy aircraft. ,
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