Fly Point Battery, Mid Levels [1890-????]

Year completed is: Accurate
Condition at last visit: Demolished
Date of last visit: Apr-1998
Ref: ROB-00116
Other:

Timeline:

• 1886: Construction commenced in March, estimated cost £2,800.  (WO 78/5360).
• 1890: Construction completed in March, actual cost £3,083.  (WO 78/5360).
• 1890: Initial Armament: 1 x 10" BL Mk II gun, 1 x .303 Maxim-Nordenfelt gun.  (WO 78/5360).
• 1894: 1 x 10" BL gun, 1 x M/G.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1897: 1 x 10" BL gun, 1 x M/G.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1902: Revision of existing 10" BL emplacement to take a new mounting.  (WO 78/4133).
• 1904: 1 x 10" BL Mk II gun, 1 x M/G.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1905: 1 x 10" BL gun, 1 x M/G.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1906: 1 x 10" BL gun, 1 x M/G.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1907: 1 x 10" BL gun, 1 x M/G mounted, no longer approved.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1910: 1 x 10" BL gun, 1 x M/G mounted, no longer approved.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1911: Not listed.  (CAB 11/58).
• 1915: Fly Point is occupied by a machine gun and a small detachment.  (WO 78/5316).

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