Edward VII Battery

36°06′58″N 5°20′50″W / 36.116201°N 5.347323°W / 36.116201; -5.347323TypeArtillery BatterySite informationOwnerMinistry of DefenceControlled byMinistry of DefenceOpen to
the publicNoGarrison informationGarrisonRoyal Gibraltar Regiment

Edward VII Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

Description

At the end of the nineteenth century Edward VII Battery had two 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns which were part of fourteen available for long range bombardment. These guns could fire across the Straits of Gibraltar including hitting shipping on the coast of Morocco.[1]

References

  1. ^ Fa, Darren; Finlayson, Clive (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar : 1068-1945 (1. publ. in Great Britain. ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Osprey. p. 36. ISBN 9781846030161.
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