Cliffe Fort
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Cliffe Fort is a disused artillery fort built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the River Thames from seaborne attack. Constructed during a period of tension with France, it stands on the south bank of the river at the entrance to Cliffe Creek in the Cliffe marshes on the Hoo Peninsula in North Kent, England. Its location on marshy ground caused problems from the start and necessitated changes to its design after the structure begin to crack and subside during construction. The fort was equipped with a variety of large-calibre artillery guns which were intended to support two other nearby Thamesside forts. A launcher for the Brennan torpedo—which has been described as the world's first practical guided missile—was installed there at the end of the 19th century but was only in active use for a few years.
1861
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Chatham Palmerston Forts, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, ![]()
- Gatehouse Gazetteer page@
- Grade I listed building page@
- National Heritage List for England page@
- Grade II* listed building page@
- Grade II listed park and garden page@
- Grade II listed building page@
- Tripadvisor page@
- Victorian Forts and Artillery page@
- Sketchfab page@
- Historic England page@ Cliffe Fort, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Survey and Analysis of the 19th-Century Coastal Artillery Fort
- Historic England page@ Cliffe Fort Brennan Torpedo Slipways Medway, Kent
Location: 51.4636, 0.4558, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class | weapon | Mallet's Mortar | siege artillery, mortar | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 43 | Battle of the Medway | Vespasian, battle, Galba, Aulus Plautius, Caratacus, Togodumnus, Gnaeus Hosidius Geta, Ancient Rome, Titus Flavius Sabinus | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 455 | Battle of Aylesford | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 457 | Battle of Crayford | Saxons, Celtic Britons, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 776 | Battle of Otford | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 894 | Battle of Benfleet | Vikings, Kingdom of Wessex, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1016 | Battle of Assandun | Denmark, battle, Kingdom of England | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1648 | Battle of Maidstone | Roundhead, Cavalier, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1667 | Raid on the Medway | Kingdom of England, naval battle, raid, Dutch Republic | Wikidata |
| link | page | Gatehouse Gazetteer page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Grade I listed building page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | National Heritage List for England page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Grade II* listed building page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Grade II listed park and garden page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Grade II listed building page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Tripadvisor page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Victorian Forts and Artillery page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Sketchfab page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Historic England page@ | Cliffe Fort, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Survey and Analysis of the 19th-Century Coastal Artillery Fort | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Historic England page@ | Cliffe Fort Brennan Torpedo Slipways Medway, Kent | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-122 | Type UB III submarine, submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-144 | U-boat, Type UB III submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-145 | U-boat, Type UB III submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-150 | U-boat, Type UB III submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UC-6 | Type UC I submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | 1973 | HMS Wilton | minesweeper | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1512 | Woolwich Dockyard | shipyard, shipbuilding | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Anti Aircraft Site At Tq 48738975 | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Avery Hill Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery (ZS7) | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Barton's Point Coastal Park | artillery battery, Kent County Council, park | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Bostall Heath Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery (ZS4) | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | East Tilbury Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Erith Marshes Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Fletcher Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite on Sandpit Hill | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 170m south west of the junction of Cedar Road and West Crescent | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m east of Northwick Farm | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m south east of Butler's Gate | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Proof And Experimental Establishment, Shoebury Garrison, Old Ranges, Former Light Quick Firing Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Royal Dockyard Gun Emplacements | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Second World War anti-aircraft battery at Bowaters Farm | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Slough Fort and wing batteries | artillery battery, fort | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS15), 250m east of Cobhambury Farm | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS2), 300m east of Chetney Cottages | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS3) at Wetham Green, 460m north of Red Brick Cottage | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | 1867 | Dummy Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1890 | Grain Wing Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | Bexley Emergency Centre | civil defense center, London Borough of Bexley | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Castlepoint Borough Emergency Centre | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Chislehurst South East London Group Control | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Dagenham Borough Control | civil defense center, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Dagenham WW2 Civil Defence Control Centre | civil defense center, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Dartford Emergency Centre | Dartford Borough Council, civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | East Ham Borough Control | East Ham, civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Gillingham Borough Control | civil defense center, Gillingham Borough Council | Wikidata | |
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| site | bunker | Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker | Royal Air Force station, military museum, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Maidstone Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters | Royal Observer Corps, Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Maidstone Springfields Kent County Emergency Centre | civil defense center, Kent County Council | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Queenborough Sub Control | civil defense center, Kent County Council | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Rochester Short Brothers Factory and Public Air Raid Shelter | air-raid shelter, Short Brothers, factory | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Upminster Report Centre | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Vange Anti-Aircraft Operations Room | Royal Air Force, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Woolwich Sub Control | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1954 | Gravesend Cold War Bunker | military museum, bunker | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1954 | Greenwich Borough Control Bunker 51C1 | civil defense center, Royal Borough of Greenwich | Wikidata |
| site | castle | Eynsford Castle | English Heritage, archaeological site, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Lullingstone Castle | historic house museum, English country house, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Sutton Valence Castle | castle, English Heritage | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1087 | Rochester Castle | English Heritage, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1119 | Leeds Castle | historic house museum, English country house, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1230 | Hadleigh Castle | ruins, English Heritage, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1279 | Allington Castle | English country house, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1380 | Cooling Castle | quadrangular castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1567 | Upnor Castle | military museum, English Heritage, castle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort Amherst | independent museum, military museum, fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Bridgewoods | fort, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Darland | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Grange Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | New Tavern Fort | military museum, fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Shornemead Fort | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, archaeological site, fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Woodlands Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1539 | Tilbury Fort | military museum, fort, English Heritage | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1669 | Cockham Wood Fort | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1805 | Fort Pitt | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1808 | Fort Clarence | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1861 | Cliffe Fort | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1861 | Fort Hoo | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1861 | Garrison Point Fort | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1861 | Grain Fort | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1867 | Slough Fort | military museum, fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1870 | Fort Darnet | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1876 | Fort Luton | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1877 | Coalhouse Fort | military museum, fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1880 | Fort Horsted | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1885 | Fort Borstal | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1890 | Fort Farningham | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1895 | Fort Halstead | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1943 | Nore Fort | Maunsell fort, British Army | Wikidata |
| site | military base | 1567 | Chatham Dockyard | shipbuilding, Royal Navy Dockyard | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Chatham Historic Dockyard | independent museum, military museum, maritime museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Essex Regiment Museum | independent museum, regimental museum, military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1671 | Royal Arsenal | military museum, arsenal | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1878 | HMS Gannet | screw sloop, composite ship, preserved watercraft, museum ship, Royal Navy | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1924 | PS Medway Queen | preserved watercraft, museum ship, paddle steamer, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1944 | HMS Cavalier | preserved watercraft, museum ship, destroyer, Royal Navy, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1964 | HMS Ocelot | preserved watercraft, attack submarine, museum ship, Royal Navy, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1978 | Shoreham Aircraft Museum | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1987 | Royal Engineers Museum | charitable organization, independent museum, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1995 | Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre | heritage center, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2008 | Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome | aviation museum, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Princess Irene | ocean liner, shipwreck, minelayer | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1656 | HMS London | second-rate, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1658 | HMS Royal James | second-rate, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1820 | HMS Beagle | brig-sloop, Cherokee-class brig-sloop, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | tower | St Leonards Tower | English Heritage, keep, tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | 1848 | Grain Tower | battery tower | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Cliffe Fort plan of magazines | Commons | ||
| commons | image | CliffeFort0296 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Cliffe Fort plan of gun floor | Commons | ||
| commons | image | CliffeFort OverPool 0291 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | CliffeFort0297 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | CliffeFort0294 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | CliffeFort overPool0277 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Cliffe - Coalhouse - Shornmead Forts map | Commons | ||
| commons | image | CliffeFortBrennan0301 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Forts for defence of the Thames and Medway - ILN 1876 | Commons | ||








