Fort Austin
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fort-austin-251-4902429
title:
Fort Austin
text:
Fort Austin is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth. This was part of an overall scheme for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. They were known as Palmerston Forts after the Prime Minister who championed the scheme. Designed by Captain Edmund Frederick Du Cane, it was built by George Baker and Company and finished by the Royal Engineers. It
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
British naval base
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Austin
date created:
date modified:
2023-09-05T14:10:26Z
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13
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