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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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
In 1967, Paddy Roy Bates claimed an abandoned British anti-aircraft gun tower in the North Sea as the "Principality of Sealand". The structure is now within British territorial waters and no country recognises Sealand. [56]
The Principality of Sealand, a micronation formed on a decommissioned sea fort near Suffolk, England [31] Venice [32] Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztec Empire. Originally founded on an island in Lake Texcoco, connected artificial islands were then built around this. Present-day Mexico City now covers the entire lake's basin.