Lye Mun Redoubt Battery, Lye Yue Mun [c.1889- ]

Year completed is: Approximate
Condition at last visit: Intact
Date of last visit: Nov-2014
Ref: ROB-00129
Other: Museum of Coastal Defence

Timeline:

• 1887: No date of completion or cost known, but date of construction authority was 1887.  (WO 78/5337)
• 1887: Initial Armament: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on Hydro Pneumatic Mk I Disappearing Mount.  (WO 78/5337).
• 1889: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1892: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1897: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1900: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1901: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1903: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1903: Proposal for conversion of emplacement to take HP Mk III Disappearing Mounts. Mk IV mountings supplied instead.  (WO 78/4136).
• 1904: 2 x 6" BL Mk V guns mounted, 2 x 6" BL Mk VI guns approved.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1905: 2 x 6" BL Mk V guns mounted, 2 x 6" BL Mk VI guns approved.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1906: 2 x 6" BL Mk VI guns.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1907: 2 x 6" BL Mk VI guns mounted, to be removed.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1909: 1 x Machine Gun.  (CAB 11/57).
• 1910: Not listed.
• 2000: Rebuilt and became part of the Museum of Coastal Defence.

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