Granville Dock and Dover Marina UK (2)

John Latter, on April 8, 2007, said:

A low-flying cloud, or 500-ft high bank of sea-fog, rolling in from the English Channel to swallow-up Dover's Granville Dock and Marina (note the lock-gates).

Image taken from St Martin's Battery on the Western Heights Sunday, April 8th 2007.

Click to see Dover Castle 'floating' on the same bank of fog and what the weather was really like at a gun position on St Martin's Battery a few minutes earlier.

Mariko Ryer, on April 27, 2007, said:

Very cool thank you!

John Latter, on April 27, 2007, said:

Glad you like it, Mariko :)

John Latter, on May 11, 2007, said:

Images/photos of St Martins Battery currently include Gun Position 1, Gun Position 2, the shifting lobby, and the rear access road.

Standard Info:

The building of St Martin's Battery began circa 1870 to counter the threat of a French invasion. The Battery was then 're-modelled' in 1940 during the Second World War.

1870 construction is identified by yellow brickwork, that of 1940 by red.

St Martin's Battery is only a very small part of the fortifications on this part of the North Downs - click on Western Heights and then check the tag list for all the locations covered (eg Drop Redoubt, Grand Shaft, North Entrance, North Center Bastion - more will be added as time goes on).

Work began on Dover's Western Heights fortifications in the 1770s and was intensified, first in the early 1800s because of Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte), and again in the mid-Nineteenth Century because of Napoleon III (originally known as Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte).

"Dover in World War Two: 1942 (1) is a ten minute British Ministry of Information film, released by the US Office of War Information, and narrated by the American journalist, Edward R. Murrow.

The video contains a short clip of a gun similar to those of St Martin's Battery 0:07:03 in (a probably staged) action.

The whole video can be seen at Dover in World War Two: 1942 or choose one of the other pre-selected entry points:

Dunkirk Evacuation 0:00:40

Winston Churchill 0:01:22

The Mayor 0:05:49

Dover Town Hall 0:06:25

St Martin's Battery 0:07:03

Pencester Gardens 0:09:41

John Latter, on May 16, 2007, said:

A higher resolution (relatively speaking) version of the "Dover in World War Two: 1942" video/film is available here.

Also:

I've belatedly uploaded a view of the fog bank 'missing' Wellington Dock and flowing into the Dour Valley prior to producing the 'Floating Castle' image linked to in the first comment.

bazmeister, on May 20, 2007, said:

very nice, the fog looks really cool