Gun at HKU

Sun, 10/12/2014 - 22:06
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12 Oct 2014

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I am sure I have seen a story for this gun barrel before, but my rusty memory is lacking the detail.

Was this item a spare gun barrel for those at Mount Davis? Such a powerful piece would not be much use at low levels.

Dave W

The range of this gun is around 29,600 yards which is the distance from HKU to the Shenzhen River. I have my doubts that it would be that effective because of island shading to the west of HK and fogs at certain times of year.

Somewhere I have a book about the Hong Kong and Singapore Artillery and will try to dig out more information.

Dave W