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FLETCHER BATTERY

Designed as a heavy battery during the First World War, Fletcher Battery was actually not completed until 1918. It provided effectual fire cover for the Nore anchorage and Sheerness Dockyards, giving effective protection to the Thames Estuary. It was not armed until 1919 and in 1941 a new emplacement was added to mount a third gun. An unusual set of interlocking pill boxes can also be found at the western end of the site.

Fletcher Battery marks the end of the construction of this type of fortification in the Medway area. Coastal artillery was disbanded soon after the end of the Second World War and Fletcher Battery became a caravan site. The ancillary buildings on the site are still in excellent condition thanks to the care taken during their construction and the fact they have seen constant use.  observation points and a number of other buildings the Navy had constructed during the HMS Wildfire expansion phase. While the original emplacements are still visible, the magazines are sealed off.

Location: Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey

Condition: Poor

Date Of Visit: 21/09/07

Plan: No

Video: No

Report: No

Other Sites in the Area:

RNXS Emergency Port Control, Fletcher Battery, Garrison Point For, Barton Point Fort, Sheerness Docks

Fort location.

FLETCHER BATTERY

The main magazine.

Part of battery being used in someone’s garden.

Site of the 9.2 inch Battery.

Site of the BOP.

Closer view of the plaque.

Another view of the BOP.

Site of the 9.2 inch Battery.

Fire control building.

Rope from the back of the gun would have gone through here.