Fort Harssens is a former fortress and museum in Den Helder North-Holland. It protected the naval base Willemsoord. The fortress had 4 heavy naval guns...

cm MRK L/25 each, Fort Harssens was something very different from the existing 19th century forts. Apart from building Fort Harssens there were also some...

could do that. In 1879, the Dutch government finally decided to build Fort Harssens at Den Helder. This fortress would have two armored cupolas with two...

a trend to build armored cupolas. E.g. in 1880, the construction of Fort Harssens, which protected the Dutch naval base at Den Helder started. This would...

construction of the armored fortresses of IJmuiden, Hoek van Holland, and Fort Harssens. From 1882 to 1886 he was in Magdeburg to oversee construction of the...

Texel came into Dutch hands again. From 1879 to 1885, Fort Harssens was built at the shoal Harssens on the east end of the Nieuwediep. It was a modern and...

North Sea and Atlantic Ocean. During these trials she ran aground near Fort Harssens on 19 July while leaving the harbor of Den Helder, due to a broken steam...

Durham. H. A. Brightman  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Fort Harssens, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany...