Edward VII Battery

Edward VII Battery
Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar
Windmill Hill, Gibraltar
Edward VII Battery showing one of its two 9.2 inch breech-loader
Edward VII Battery
Coordinates	36°06′58″N5°20′50″W / 36.116201°N 5.347323°W / 36.116201; -5.347323
Type	Artillery Battery
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Controlled by	Ministry of Defence
Open to the public	No
Garrison information
Garrison	Royal 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.