The Buona Vista Battery was the site of two 15" guns that were constructed during the late 1930s as part of the Singapore defenses.
The Buona Vista Battery was the site of two 15" guns that were constructed during the late 1930s as part of the Singapore defenses.
From the mid through late 1930s, the western Singapore defenses were enhanced by the addition of two 15" guns at Buona Vista, Singapore. Unlike most of the other large guns in Singapore which had a full 360 degree traverse for firing, the Buona Vista guns had a more limited angle. As a result, these guns saw no action during the Battle of Singapore and were partially destroyed by the retreating British in February 1942. [1]
The Japanese repaired the Number 2 gun during their occupation of Singapore. Since the war, the gun sites have been completely replaced by modern construction and no visible remnants remain. [2]
La Pointe du Hoc is a promontory with a 35-metre (110 ft) cliff overlooking the English Channel on the northwestern coast of Normandy in the Calvados department, France.
Buona Vista MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the East West line and Circle line in Queenstown, Singapore. This station is close to one-north, a high technology business park for the biomedical science, infocomm technology and media industries. It is located near the junction of North Buona Vista Road, Commonwealth Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue West.
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