| LC control no. | nb2022010238 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Sealand (Micronation) |
| Variant(s) | Principality of Sealand |
| Beginning date | 1967 |
| Found in | Sealand : the true story of the world's most stubborn micronation, 2021: back cover (in 1967, retired army major an self-made millionaire Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed himself ruler of the Principality of of Sealand on a World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea, off the East Anglian coast) Wikipedia, viewed 14 July 2022 (The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognized micronation that claims HM Fort Roughs (also known as Roughs Tower), an offshore platform in the North Sea approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) off the coast of Suffolk, as its territory. Roughs Tower is a Maunsell Sea Fort that was built by the British in international waters during World War II. Since 1967, the decommissioned Roughs Tower has been occupied and claimed as a sovereign state by the family and associates of Paddy Roy Bates. Bates seized Roughs Tower from a group of pirate radio broadcasters in 1967 with the intention of setting up his own station there.) |
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