{"id":10909,"date":"2024-04-03T14:15:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=10909"},"modified":"2024-03-15T14:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:29:31","slug":"buy-a-ww-2-era-sea-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=10909","title":{"rendered":"Buy a WW 2 Era Sea Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Spitbank Fort<\/a> and No Man’s Fort<\/a> are some unique properties for sale. The sea forts were 2 armor-plated forts completed in 1878 off the British coast. They defended the Portsmouth dockyards during WW 1 and WW 2. It must have been rough, because it was reported that “Life on site was grim; those serving were deliberately chosen for their inability to swim, to avoid any attempt to escape.” Ouch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 1956, they were decommissioned and sat empty until they were turned into a museum in 1982-2009. Spitbank was reportedly purchased for more than \u00a31m in 2009 for and converted into a luxury hotel that folded during the 2020 corona virus pandemic. In late 2020, Pendulum live broadcast a concert from Spitbank<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now they’re both for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out their websites for the cool sales information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spitbank Fort and No Man’s Fort are some unique properties for sale. The sea forts were 2 armor-plated forts completed in 1878 off the British coast. They defended the Portsmouth dockyards during WW 1 and WW 2. It must have been rough, because it was reported that “Life on site was grim; those serving were deliberately chosen for their inability to swim, to avoid any attempt to escape.” Ouch. After 1956, they were decommissioned and sat empty until they were…<\/p>\n

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