1997 Coastal battery used in the defence of Scapa Flow in both world wars. Consisted of a 6 ins and 12 pound Battery in WW1, with two twin 6 ins batteries being constructed during WW2. The 6 ins batteries are now mostly destroyed by a quarry. The battery was placed on a care and maintenance basis in 1945.
Coast Artillery Battery
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Coastal Battery
Unknown
Bad
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Description
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Data Sheet
Type COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY
Status Extant
Condition Bad
Source Defence of Britain Archive
Access Unknown
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