Waterfall Bay AA Battery, Wah Fu [c.1940-1975] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Waterfall Bay AA Battery, Wah Fu [c.1940-1975]

Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed: 
c.1940-01-01 (Year is approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
1975-01-01

Year completed is: Accurate
Condition at last visit: Demolished
Date of last visit: Nov-2014
Ref: ROB-00169
Other:

Timeline:

  • 1940: Constructed.  (WO 106/2380).
  • 1941: Armament: 2 x 4.5" HAA guns in partially enclosed turrets.  (WO 106/2379). (Japanese photograph).
  • 1941: In action, shot down a float plane 13th December. Shelled, with casualties, 21st December. Destroyed by crews at surrender 25th December.  (WO 172/1687).
  • 1945: No guns remain.  (WO 78/750A).
  • 1975: Gun pits and buildings remained until the redevelopment of Wah Fu Estate.  (HK Lands Dept. Maps and Aerial Photographs).
  • 2014: Site of a commercial centre.

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

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