| Cumberland Flank Battery | |
|---|---|
| Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar | |
| Gibraltar | |
  Cumberland Flank Battery | |
| Coordinates | 36°07′36″N5°21′07″W / 36.12654°N 5.35190°W |
| Type | Artillery Battery |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Cumberland Flank Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. [1]
The Cumberland Flank Battery was a large battery located around the docks area and could fire at enemy shipping that approached Gibraltar Harbour. In 1859 there were 32 guns that formed the Cumberland Flank and the New Mole Battery. [2] Today there is a Cumberland Road on the rock to the east of the dockyard which records the battery's name.
Farringdon's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Named after Sir Anthony Farrington, 1st Baronet, it is located above the north face of the Rock of Gibraltar within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve.
The Europa Batteries are a group of artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Facing the North African coast, they are the most southerly batteries in Gibraltar and were built to cover ships approaching from the Mediterranean Sea. They run along the fortified clifftops of Europa Point from Camp Bay on the west side of the Rock of Gibraltar to the Europa Advance Batteries on the east side.
Forbes' Batteries are a pair of artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The batteries are casemated.
Gardiner's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is named after the governor Sir Robert Gardiner.
Grand Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. To the west of the grand battery was a very formidable flank which was considered to have been a "great annoyance to the besiegers."
Jones' Battery is one of the best preserved of the "retired" artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It was named after Sir John Thomas Jones who once controlled the fortifications here.
Queen Charlotte's Battery is a 1727 artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Zoca Flank Battery is an artillery battery on the west side of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Saluting Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Europa Pass Batteries are a group of artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. They are located north west of Europa Point in the south of Gibraltar, just off Europa Road.
Harding's Battery is a restored artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located at Europa Point and includes the Europa Sunken Magazine that is now used as a visitor centre.
Civil Hospital Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Devil's Bowling Green Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. In 1859, the battery had two guns that looked over Little Bay. This battery was on the shoreline but it was overlooked by the Buena Vista Battery and the seven guns of the Europa Pass Batteries.
Engineer Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Half Way Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The battery was on the coast on the eastern side of the isthmus just north of Europa Point Lighthouse. In 1859 there were two guns.
Lady Augusta's Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Prince of Wales Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Woodford's Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located at Europa Flats between the Defensible Barracks and the Officer's Barracks and Eliott's Battery.
The Gibraltar peninsula, located at the far southern end of Iberia, has great strategic importance as a result of its position by the Strait of Gibraltar where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean. It has repeatedly been contested between European and North African powers and has endured fourteen sieges since it was first settled in the 11th century. The peninsula's occupants – Moors, Spanish, and British – have built successive layers of fortifications and defences including walls, bastions, casemates, gun batteries, magazines, tunnels and galleries. At their peak in 1865, the fortifications housed around 681 guns mounted in 110 batteries and positions, guarding all land and sea approaches to Gibraltar. The fortifications continued to be in military use until as late as the 1970s and by the time tunnelling ceased in the late 1960s, over 34 miles (55 km) of galleries had been dug in an area of only 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2).
Prince Albert's Front is a curtain wall that formerly comprised part of the seafront fortifications of Gibraltar. It runs between the King's Bastion and Orange Bastion. The Front was constructed in 1842 after a report by Major General Sir John Thomas Jones recommended improving Gibraltar's seafront defences to guard against the threat of an amphibious assault. It was named after Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's prince consort. The Front straightened out the line of Gibraltar's coastal curtain wall; parts of the original curtain wall, some of which dates from the Moorish period over 500 years ago, can still be seen.
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