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- World War 2 bunker rediscoverd in the heart of CAPE TOWN!
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Fort Wynyard has a very distinct historical persona because for more than 200 years it has played an intimate, if often fairly low-profile, role in the Cape's history.
Its story is interwoven with such a colourful array of famous and interesting personages, events and regiments that it is amazing how few people know anything about it - if they even know it exists; even its name - which many think is of Dutch origin - is deceptive.
The Fort started off as the small Kijk-in-de-Pot Battery, which was built in 1795 - just before the first British invasion of the Cape - at the personal insistence of Colonel Robert Jacob Gordon, last commander of the VOC garrison and a heroic but tragic figure in Cape history; its whimsical name, deriving from the blubber-pots of the whaling station at Granger Bay directly in front of it, was probably bestowed on it by Gordon himself.
In a very real sense Kijk-in-de-Pot, along with the Chavonnes Battery and the Amsterdam Battery, was the keeper of Cape Town's front door. The Castle and its attached Imhoff Battery were designed to protect the Table Bay anchorage; but the other three were the guardians of the approaches to that anchorage, where guns of the Castle, as well as the small adjacent Rogge Bay Battery, could not reach.
As such they were the “fist” at the end of several other defensive works further out along the coastline - two batteries at Mouille Point, large ships’ anchors embedded in the sand at Three Anchor Bay to hinder any landings there, and guns at Camps Bay (during World War II, of course, this line was strengthened by the construction of Apostle Battery at Llandudno).
The battery saw action only once, two days before the first British invasion in 1795, when a British naval squadron entered the roadstead, probably while scouting Table Bay’s defences. The battery was the first one whose guns could bear on the British ships, which sheered off after several shots. One would like to think that this had some bearing on the British decision to attack overland from Muizenberg and Simon’s Town.
After the Cape's surrender it was kept in service during the first British occupation (1795-1802) and was then handed over the Batavian government of the Netherlands in terms of the Treaty of Amiens. It saw no action during the second British invasion in 1806 - although its garrison must surely have heard the thunder of the guns at Blaauwberg across the bay.
Kijk-in-de-Pot served on till 1827, when it was dismantled (i.e. its guns were removed but the structure stayed intact), but it was too well-situated to be disposed of, and the military authorities retained the site. The little battery lay gunless till the early 1860s, when apprehensions about the American Civil War brought about the decision to resurrect it.
Relations between the United States and Britain were poor at the time, because the British, the main importers of cotton grown in the American South, supplied the breakaway Confederate States with weapons, military weapons (including ships) and civilian goods.
Under the supervision of military engineers, 100 convicts from the near-by Breakwater Prison turned the old earth ramparts into a substantial stone construction, armed with massive 68-pounder guns and named after Lieutenant-General R H Wynyard, commander of Cape forces and Lieutenant-Governor of the Cape Colony.
In its new guise it carried on with its original function. Of the early batteries which guarded the coastline immediately east of Cape Town Fort Wynyard is the only one to survive almost intact.
The Chavonnes Battery was dismantled and covered over, and its remains have only recently been excavated and turned into a museum. The Amsterdam Battery was almost totally demolished in the 1890s, only a portion of its seaward wall surviving; and the remains of the Rogge Bay Battery vanished with the construction of the Foreshore in the late 1930s and now lies buried under Thibault Square.
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Brings tears to my eyes knowing how strong we where what we had
"Loverly.. "Awsome history. This will be my next visit.Thanx so much guys for sharing. ❤️💪
Look how neat it is !!
Well done on making my you tube algorithm! ,
thebegining100 not sure how but awesome 😜
We visited that site in April 2015. (I had to check the dates in my photos to be sure.) We just went to the locked gate and asked of we can have a walk around. The friendly sargent gave us a comprehensive tour. But he did explain they are not sure if thy are open to the public or not.
I did 1 camp in the early 90s at Fort Wynyard post-National Service. Don't recall much of that time - must have been pretty uneventful - certainly compared to army days!!
Fantastic! Well done!
Visited a few months ago , amazing . I it would be an excellent tourist attraction considering its location.
www.goodhopeadventures.com/ do it :)
My late father did his service there during WW2, manned the guns as a Naval Cadet while still in school. He was also based there as a Reserve Force Commando (Lions Head Commando), and I used to play there as a child (late 60's)
The fort used to be a museum once upon a time, I recall visiting it many years ago with my dad. Not sure when but likely late 80s or early-/mid-90s.
Yeh, a part of it was...they shut it down in '76 I believe...never really got going apparently.
I was a navy national serviceman on the team that worked the shutdown of the museum in 1992. It was the official navy museum. We moved a lot of naval paraphernalia to the new SA Navy Museum in Simon's Town. By the middle of 1992 Fort Wynyard Continued to run as a free entry museum - on what was left of the museum. People could access the tunnels and walk around the guns. We had it all open everyday. We ran special tours for schools too. I spent the rest of my national service as sole member of the museum team based at Fort Wynyard. The rest of the team ended up with Commander Bissett, officer in charge of museums in Simon's Town.
Uhm mydude I'm from Cape town I was in the navy...
There has been a naval base there and people have been going there for years
Do a piece on the Forts in Pretoria, especially the lesser known ones.
What a find. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent! Surprising it was authorised. Pity the music's so loud.
Awesome share. Although I doubt the dating since last entered. Thanks from Qatar
Cool find. Happy that it is being preserved, like a time capsule
Yes, with Matt now running tours it will be preserved properly.
That is so cool! You're so lucky to be one of the first back in there!
Apostle Battery in Hout bay is also pretty cool :D
not sure how much is still underground, but you can go underneath the guns into the tunnels that connect them
Wow .. Amazing!
Awesome vid as usual Adam can’t believe how many times I’ve walked past that fort not even thinking what’s inside
I know, CT is the gift that keeps on giving LOL
Wow. great.Is this an opportunity to visit the place? What’s happened since posting it?
Not sure, last I heard they shut it down to the public in true bureaucratic style!
Wow man incredible... thx 🖒
insane...so incredible
Jaques_meyer it was awesome 😊
Correction to your guide... The gun featured is a Mark X(10) and the only 1 like that in the world situated on a dissapearing mount :) ... as per a wiki link on 1 of your other videos eaturing these guns ;)
"284 of the Mark X version were built by Vickers, of which 28 examples are known to survive today, all except one fitted on barbette mounts. One in Cape Town is on a disappearing mount."
"Near central Cape Town one 9.2 inch gun in a unique "disappearing mount" in Fort Wynyard : 33°54.136′S 18°24.807′E "
Erefaan Joseph sweet, thanks for the additional knowledge 👍🏻😊
Wonder how that East-German officer's peak cap got there? Didn't the Historical Society meet there a few years back?
Wow this is freaking cool.
Seba Tv miss you bro, let’s do something soon
Yes, anytime.
Yes Bro !
The green tail is from a Mk81 or Mk82 Air bomb. I have no idea why it landed up in a naval bunker though...
Cool Cool
Probably the best preserved WW2 bunker in the world....: It's like a museum....!
But dangerous....those shells are still packing...!
Cool video
W D thanks 😊
Keep up the good videos 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤜🏻🤜🏻🤜🏻🤜🏻
Cape Town is dope
It never gets old or boring
WOW😲
It should be called Fort Kyk-in-die-pot.
Dammit I wish I could see that 😱 I always wondered what was in that fort. I've been to the stadium and always wondered what was inside it😀 I'm so jealous
Matt is giving tours, check out the description!!! :)
Adam Spires - Wannabe Vlogger lekker man, I'm going to bring along my old man too. Thanks so much for these kind of vids :) I'm studying tourism in muizenberg so these vids are perfect
They having food trucks on Friday night there now
I wanted to look around there, but it's in a military base.
I still asked the military guy at the entrance if I could just go see it. He said no.
Cape Town needs now all the tourism it can get. And, there are more and more tourist places being shut down, or destroyed, it seems. So, it should be open to the public. There can be a register where you fill in your particulars. Then, can only go there, and must be accompanied by someone at the base. So, a case of only on a guided tour, with someone at the base.
At the Air Force base, at Cape Town, Ysterplaat, there's an Air Force Museum that's open to the public. Some years ago I went there. I just said to the Air Force guy at the entrance that I was going there. There was nothing more from him, and I went there by myself no hassle. I thought 'Gee, such lack of security.' A big difference in comparison.
Next time, take a smile and an extra cold Coke.
Fort Wynyard has been open to the public for many years....we visited in 2018. Why would no one have visited those chambers for 50 years as you claim?
I wanted to visit there, a few years ago, but the military guy at the entrance said that I couldn't. So, doesn't seem like it is open to the public.
How did you get the keys? Did you pay the guard?
cece vegan I have a friend who knows them 😊
The name is Wynyard so probably pronounced "win-yard".
Not vain-yard??
@@randomstuff5869 The fort is named after an Englishman, Robert Henry Wynyard. The town of Wynyard in Tasmania is probably named after his brother Edward Buckley Wynyard and there is a short clip on TH-cam showing how the town's and thus the family's name is pronounced. th-cam.com/video/Qtna810GahE/w-d-xo.html
@@strandloper ok 👍 , i thought its a aftikaans name
Will it survive the solar flare/the heat wave from the sun in 2024-25
A place to hide when the end comes
*_Christiaan_* [BL4H] lol
3:21 no shit hey
How’s making friends going? Still struggling?
@@AdamSpires referencing that it looks like the old vintage toilets and it's empty
@@armadnt haha! I’m so sorry I misread that and responded like an idiot 😂 apologies
Why has a historical monument been painted? They ruined the bricks/stones 😔
Massive loss of tourism revenue that could be helping maintain this history, and perfectly located right next to the Waterfront.
Your headings are misleading.
World War II bunker discovered / Tunnels discovered.
You were handed the keys and then claims that the bunker have not been opened since world war II.
Please check your facts when sharing your explorations.
What bull s. Hasn't been seen or touched in over 4 decades, yeah right.
But how do you really feel?
The problem i see here is. Exposement