Collinson Battery, Cape Collinson [1938-????]
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Submitted by Rob on Mon, 2012-03-19 21:43
Current condition:
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed:
c.1938-12-01 (Day is approximate)
Year completed is: Accurate
Condition at last visit: Demolished
Date of last visit: Sep-1996, 2014.
Ref: ROB-00111
Other: Restricted Area
Timeline:
- 1938: Construction completed December. Estimated cost £60,000. (WO 106/2370).
- 1939: Armament: 2 x 6" BL guns removed from Stonecutters Island West Bty. (WO 106/111).
- 1941: 2 x 6" BL guns. (WO 106/2379).
- 1941: 2 x 6" BL guns. Destroyed by crews at withdrawal 19th December. (WO 172/1687).
- 1945: No guns remaining, buildings intact but stripped. (WO 196/10).
- 1958: Site passed to Correctional Services Department. (Hong Kong Public Records Office PRO/REF/87).
- 2014: The site of a Correctional Services prison. Most of the Bty site demolished. Restricted area.
For a background to these notes, and a glossary of terms used, please see: http://gwulo.com/node/24630
