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The wild story behind the unknown nation off the English coast Mediafeed 19 hrs ago © James Bates / TheOutlawOcean.com Sealand On Christmas Eve of 1966, Paddy Roy Bates, a retired British army major, drove a small boat with an outboard motor seven miles off the coast of England into the North Sea. He had sneaked  out of his house in the middle of the night, inspired with a nutty idea  for a perfect gift for his wife, Joan. Using a grappling hook and rope, he clambered onto an abandoned anti-aircraft platform and declared it conquered. He later named it Sealand and deemed it Joan’s.

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