D'Aguilar Battery, Cape D'Aguilar [1939- ] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

D'Aguilar Battery, Cape D'Aguilar [1939- ]

Current condition: 
Ruin
Date Place completed: 
c.1939-07-01 (Day is approximate)

Year completed is: Accurate
Condition at last visit: Ruin
Date of last visit: Apr-1998, 2014.
Ref: ROB-00113
Other:

Timeline:

  • 1939: Constructed as an Emergency Bty, completed in July.  (ADM 116/4356).
  • 1939: Armament: 2 x 4" BL Naval guns.  (ADM 116/4356).
  • 1941: 2 x 4" BL Naval guns. Destroyed by crew on withdrawal 19th December.  (WO 172/1687).
  • 1945: No guns remain.  (WO 78/750A).
  • 2014: Some ruins remain, heavily overgrown.

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

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