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The Principality of Sealand (/ ˈ s iː ˌ l æ n d /) is a micronation on HM Fort Roughs (also known as Roughs Tower), [2] an offshore platform in the North Sea.It is situated on Rough Sands, a sandbar located approximately 11 kilometres (6 nmi) from the coast of Suffolk and 13 kilometres (7 nmi) from the coast of Essex.
During the Second World War, the Government of the United Kingdom set up a small base in the North Sea, but was then abandoned after the war had ended.In 1967, pirate radio broadcaster Roy Bates claimed the territory as the Principality of Sealand, and eventually the British government claimed Sealand within their jurisdiction.
[10] 19 days later, on 2 September 1967, Bates declared the independence of Roughs Tower and deemed it the Principality of Sealand. [11] Ronan O'Rahilly of another pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, along with a small group of men, tried to storm the platform that Bates claimed. Bates and his associates used petrol bombs and guns to thwart O ...
Constituted as a principality, Sealand had its own passport, coat of arms and flag — red and black, with a white diagonal stripe. Its currency was the Sealand dollar, bearing Joan’s image. It ...
Bates took this as de facto recognition of his country and seven years later issued a constitution, flag, and national anthem, among other things, for the Principality of Sealand (founded on 2 September 1967). In 1978, a German businessman, along with some other Germans and Dutchmen invaded Roughs Tower but Bates recaptured it and finally ...
He instead declared the independence of Fort Roughs and declared it the Principality of Sealand. [29] [30] Bates died in 2012, and Michael Bates has since succeeded him as Prince of Sealand. [31] Operation Atlantis was a project started in 1968 by Werner Stiefel, aiming to establish a new, libertarian nation in international waters via ...
At the time, the fort was international waters. In 1978, Germany sent a diplomat to Sealand to negotiate with Bates for the release of a German citizen who claimed to be Sealand's prime minister, and had led a failed attack on the fort. Bates would thereafter claim that the dispatching of the emissary constituted recognition of Sealand by Germany.
Michael Roy Bates, self-styled as Prince Michael of Sealand, is an English businessman and self-published author. He operates a self-proclaimed and unrecognized micronation [1] called the Principality of Sealand, which he inherited from his parents Paddy Roy Bates and Joan Bates. He has claimed the title "Prince of Sealand" since the death of ...