Three weird sea forts left to rot off the south coast of England are seeing new life. Directly across the English Channel from France, about a mile from Portsmouth, they were built about 150 years ago ...

Victorian sea ... Fort, No Man's Fort and Spitbank Fort, collectively known as 'Palmerston's Follies', were commissioned by Prime Minister Lord Palmerston amid concerns about the strengths of ...

France is stepping up its military presence in the South China Sea with a strategically balanced approach to avoid increasing tension with Beijing. After sending the nuclear attack submarine ...

Two sea forts that were built to deter a French invasion in the 19th Century have each been sold at auction for more than £1m. The pair, both previously converted into luxury hotels, are among ...

This historic sea fort between the ... own it for themselves. The fort was built in the 19th Century as a line of defence against the threat of invasion from France and has been on the market ...