Number 3 Improvised Battery, Repulse Bay [1935-????]

Submitted by Rob on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 21:43
Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed

Year completed is: Approximate
Condition at last visit: Demolished
Date of last visit: Nov-2014
Ref: ROB-00140
Other:

Timeline:

  • 1935: Listed in the 1935 Defence Plan.  (ADM 116/4390).
  • 1936: Armament: 2 x 6" BL Naval guns.  (CAB 11/196).
  • 1936: 2 x 6" Naval guns in reserve.  (ADM 116/4390).
  • 1938: Used in a Combined Operations Exercise in March.  (WO 196/9).
  • 1939: Guns used to establish a new Bty on south side of HK Island.  (WO 106/2380). (Probably Bluff Head Bty at Stanley Fort).
  • 2014: Nothing remains, area built over.

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

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