The 1-mile-long (2 km) Breakwater in Plymouth Sound was designed by John Rennie in order to protect the fleet moving in and out of Devonport; work started in 1812. Numerous technical difficulties and repeated storm damage meant that it was not completed until 1841, twenty years after Rennie's death. In the 1860s, a ring of Palmerston forts was constructed around the outskirts of Devonport, to protect the dockyard from attack from any direction. COUNT 5
QSN1 In kilometers, how long was the Plymouth Sound Breakwater? ANS1 2 QSN2 Who was the designer of the Plymouth Sound Breakwater? ANS2 John Rennie QSN3 In what year did construction finish on the Plymouth Sound Breakwater? ANS3 1841 QSN4 When did construction commence on Plymouth Sound Breakwater? ANS4 1812 QSN5 Near which settlement were Palmerston forts built in the 1860s? ANS5 Devonport