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