Sunday, February 11, 2007

Sealand

A man made island from the second world war, this structure stands in the Thames Estuary, offshore from England.

The owners of this structure have named it the Principality of Sealand and I bring this to your attention simply because this organisation is wanting to buy it. It seems that the owners (the Bates family) are asking a lot of money for this place which recently suffered a fire with much damage.

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Once this place was a haven for pirate radio, now it desirable as the location of an offshore server farm. There are a variety of web sites that inform us about Sealand:

The Government of Sealand maintains this site and Roy Bates has his own site with a scrapbook of photos.

It may be worth pointing out that if you fancy a trip to this small nation then this year (2007) sees the launch of excursions from England.