Edward VII Battery
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| Edward VII Battery | |
|---|---|
| Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar | |
| Windmill Hill, Gibraltar | |
| File:Edward VII Battery at Windmill Hill, circa 1904 with a 9.2 inch breech-loader.jpg Edward VII Battery showing one of its two 9.2 inch breech-loader | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Artillery battery |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Controlled by | Ministry of Defence |
| Open to the public | No |
| Location | |
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| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Royal Gibraltar Regiment |
Edward VII Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Description
[edit | edit source]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
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