Collinson Battery, Cape Collinson [1938-????]

Submitted by Rob on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 21:43
Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day is approximate.)

Year completed is: Accurate
Condition at last visit: Demolished
Date of last visit: Sep-1996, 2014.
Ref: ROB-00111
Other: Restricted Area

Timeline:

  • 1938: Construction completed December. Estimated cost £60,000.  (WO 106/2370).
  • 1939: Armament: 2 x 6" BL guns removed from Stonecutters Island West Bty.  (WO 106/111).
  • 1941: 2 x 6" BL guns.  (WO 106/2379).
  • 1941: 2 x 6" BL guns. Destroyed by crews at withdrawal 19th December.  (WO 172/1687).
  • 1945: No guns remaining, buildings intact but stripped.  (WO 196/10).
  • 1958: Site passed to Correctional Services Department.  (Hong Kong Public Records Office PRO/REF/87).
  • 2014: The site of a Correctional Services prison. Most of the Bty site demolished. Restricted area.

For a background to these notes, and a glossary of terms used, please see: http://gwulo.com/node/24630