Visited with Lost, thanks for showing me around!
This former Royal Navy Fuel Storage Depot was built in conjunction with a secret underground oil storage tank a few miles away. *The underground tanks were built to hold 32 million gallons of oil fuel and were built into a solid rock hill to protect it from bombs. *This site is open for public tours however, I haven't been to it yet...
The fuel depot I visited isn't so secret, but its one I have wanted to do for a while, simply due to the size of the site! *In all there were 46 large tanks and one smaller built to serve in conjunction with the underground tanks for the supply of Royal Navy Fuel requirements during the WWII and remained in use until 1956.
Cribbed from Secret Scotland...
The site now contains 45 massive tanks...
On with the pics....
The only accessible one found, that hole is not very big, but manageable...
Inside the tanks are amazing, they don't smell to bad though!
I think all the pipes were used to heat the oil to allow it to flow better..
The acoustics in this was amazing, the smallest noise would echo for a good 10 seconds!
Pipe lines supplying the tanks with the fuel
Some old school manual valve controls
The pump house for the tanks
Access to a older style tank wrapped up in barbed wire
Hoop ladder round the other side
The smallest tank on the site
The site must go for approx 3/4 k/m, I didn't walk that far, as it was starting to get dark.
Inside the main building which I think had the main valve controls, and some old burnt out lorries and plenty of tyres!
More Valve controls
Thanks for looking!
This former Royal Navy Fuel Storage Depot was built in conjunction with a secret underground oil storage tank a few miles away. *The underground tanks were built to hold 32 million gallons of oil fuel and were built into a solid rock hill to protect it from bombs. *This site is open for public tours however, I haven't been to it yet...
The fuel depot I visited isn't so secret, but its one I have wanted to do for a while, simply due to the size of the site! *In all there were 46 large tanks and one smaller built to serve in conjunction with the underground tanks for the supply of Royal Navy Fuel requirements during the WWII and remained in use until 1956.
Cribbed from Secret Scotland...
On February 15, 1941 a Junkers 88 is reported to have carried out a solo attack on the Seabank tank farm. Approaching from the east at only 40 feet it dropped two 500-pound bombs. The first bomb passed through one tank and into the next. Although it exploded it failed to start a fire, but tons of oil spilled out on to the adjacent railway tracks and nearby station. The second bomb also passed went through another tank, but failed to explode after landing in the oil slick. The aircraft then made a sharp turn to avoid a church steeple, and machine gunned a Sunderland moored in the firth, causing slight damage, before making its escape.
The site now contains 45 massive tanks...
On with the pics....

The only accessible one found, that hole is not very big, but manageable...


Inside the tanks are amazing, they don't smell to bad though!

I think all the pipes were used to heat the oil to allow it to flow better..

The acoustics in this was amazing, the smallest noise would echo for a good 10 seconds!

Pipe lines supplying the tanks with the fuel


Some old school manual valve controls


The pump house for the tanks

Access to a older style tank wrapped up in barbed wire

Hoop ladder round the other side

The smallest tank on the site

The site must go for approx 3/4 k/m, I didn't walk that far, as it was starting to get dark.

Inside the main building which I think had the main valve controls, and some old burnt out lorries and plenty of tyres!

More Valve controls



Thanks for looking!