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Princess Royal's Battery

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that the Spanish officers were prompted to devise a plan to silence them. They started a mine in a cave below the battery, the intent being to excavate a chamber directly below the battery, load it with explosives, and blow it up. However, the undertaking required a great deal of labour. Not only was
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In 1901, approval had been given for two 6-inch (152 mm) guns at Princess Royal's Battery. One emplacement was to have a range of 6,000 yards (5,500 m), to bear on the enemy's land batteries. The other was to feature double the range, 12,000 yards (11,000 m), to target vessels on the
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in 1704. During the early 18th century, the batteries on that plateau were referred to as the Willis's Batteries. Princess Royal's Battery is positioned at the northern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, southeast of Princess Anne's Battery, and in proximity to the entrance to the Middle
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of that date, with the installation finished by 24 May 1904. In December 1915, the second 6-inch breech loading Mark VII gun was mounted on the battery. It is believed to have stayed there until about 1924–1925. By World War II, at least one gun was still present, a
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In August 1782, during the Great Siege of Gibraltar, the Garrison strengthened the works at Willis's Plateau, and orders went out for the Princess Royal's Battery "to be caissoned with ship-timber."
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In the period from 1834 to 1859, Princess Royal's Battery had nine 24-pounders. However, four years later, by 1863, the guns had been switched out for two 7-inch (180 mm)
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the rock hard, but the mine was started at a considerable height, close to the battery, not at the base of the Rock. The effort was ultimately unsuccessful.
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While referred to in the early 18th century as Willis's Battery, it was later known as Queen Anne's Battery or Queen's Battery. After the
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The ancient and modern history of Gibraltar. With an accurate journal of the siege of that fortress, Feb. 13 to June 23, 1727
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The battery features subterranean, bombproof storage areas for shells and cartridges. Underground, there are also shell
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and a room for the gun crew. The largest room inside the entrance to the left has sustained heavy vandalism
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and seven 32-pounders. There were further changes later that century. The battery mounted five 64-pounder
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Princess Royal's Battery is protected as a listed building under the Gibraltar Heritage Trust Act 1989.
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armour. By November 1903, that 6-inch BL Mark VII gun had been mounted, as documented in a photograph
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in his accounts claimed that the gun hit its target 28 times out of 30 when aimed at the Spaniard's
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Princess Royal's Battery is in Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory at the southern end of the
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in 1885 and three of the same in 1889. About that time, a proposal was made to mount a
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In February 1782, Princess Royal Battery was the site of the first use of Lieutenant
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The history of Gibraltar: from the earliest period of its occupation by the Saracens
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and guns are no longer present. Princess Royal's Battery is listed with the
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The history of Gibraltar and of its political relation to events in Europe
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made of Princess Royal's Battery in 1895 includes not only the 6-inch
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2005 exterior view of Princess Royal's Battery upper and lower levels
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2005 exterior view of battery's underground complex, (A) in diagram
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2005 exterior view of Princess Royal's Battery upper level
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2005 exterior view of Princess Royal's Battery upper level
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The battery was constructed about 1705, "upon the second
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Index

Fortifications of Gibraltar
Upper Rock Nature Reserve
Gibraltar

6 inch BL Mark VII gun

Princess Anne's Battery
Princess Amelia's Battery
Willis' Magazine
Princess Royal's Battery is located in Gibraltar
36°08′46″N 5°20′46″W / 36.146180°N 5.346166°W / 36.146180; -5.346166
Artillery Battery
Government of Gibraltar
Decommissioned
artillery battery
British Overseas Territory
Gibraltar
Upper Rock Nature Reserve
Princess Anne's Battery
Willis' Battery
Charlotte, Princess Royal
George III
decommissioned
Gibraltar Heritage Trust

Charlotte, Princess Royal
Iberian Peninsula
capture of Gibraltar
Great Siege of Gibraltar
Queen Charlotte

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