Lye Mun Redoubt Battery, Lye Yue Mun [c.1889- ]

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Submitted by Rob on Mon, 2012-03-19 21:43

Current condition:

In use

Date Place completed:

c.1889-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Year completed is: Approximate
Condition at last visit: Intact
Date of last visit: Nov-2014
Ref: ROB-00129
Other: Museum of Coastal Defence

Timeline:

1887: No date of completion or cost known, but date of construction authority was 1887. (WO 78/5337)
1887: Initial Armament: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on Hydro Pneumatic Mk I Disappearing Mount. (WO 78/5337).
1889: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts. (CAB 11/57).
1892: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts. (CAB 11/57).
1897: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts. (CAB 11/57).
1900: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts. (CAB 11/57).
1901: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts. (CAB 11/57).
1903: 2 x 6" BL Mk IV guns on HP Disappearing Mounts. (CAB 11/57).
1903: Proposal for conversion of emplacement to take HP Mk III Disappearing Mounts. Mk IV mountings supplied instead. (WO 78/4136).
1904: 2 x 6" BL Mk V guns mounted, 2 x 6" BL Mk VI guns approved. (CAB 11/57).
1905: 2 x 6" BL Mk V guns mounted, 2 x 6" BL Mk VI guns approved. (CAB 11/57).
1906: 2 x 6" BL Mk VI guns. (CAB 11/57).
1907: 2 x 6" BL Mk VI guns mounted, to be removed. (CAB 11/57).
1909: 1 x Machine Gun. (CAB 11/57).
1910: Not listed.
2000: Rebuilt and became part of the Museum of Coastal Defence.