battery

History In 1887 a lift shaft was dug down from the Needles Old Battery and five tunnels dug out to form gun emplacements in the northern cliff face at Alum Bay. These were built for quick-firing guns to combat torpedo boats in the Needles passage. By 1892, one of the emplacements was being used...

Visited with 2 Non-Members While staying in nearby Wareham for my sister's 18th we decided to visit the nearby Arne Nature Reserve, I was looking at Google Maps of the reserve and I noticed 4 "ring" like structures and a building located just behind the village of Arne. After a little research...

Purdown Anti Aircraft Battery Bit of a lame "explore" this one but I was working a lot down that way last year (and frankly ran out of underground places to explore) so one evening decided to go for a run & ended up at this place. Its completely open to the public & plastered with graff but...

HMS Ganges and Shotley Battery History: HMS Ganges HMS Ganges was a Royal Navy training establishment, first set up aboard a warship in 1866 before moving ashore to Shotley, Suffolk, in 1905. It trained boy seamen, some as young as 15, instilling discipline and naval skills. A famous feature...

Wanstone Battery, a World War II coastal gun emplacement on the White Cliffs of Dover, England, where military personnel would calculate firing solutions for the large guns, essentially determining the target coordinates before firing a shot Situated underground within the complex of the...

1. The History The Pak Sha Wan battery, meaning White Sand Bay in Chinese, is located on the north-east cost of Hong Kong Island. It was built by the British Army stationed in Hong Kong to strengthen the defence of the eastern coast of Hong Kong Island and formed part of Eastern Fire Command...

A visit down to Kent with man gone wrong ended up visiting this old deep level shelter for the nearby battery. We found the tunnel entrance easily enough thanks to a few pointers from Grom. But first we took a long walk up the hill to get too the thing, this turned out to be a nice ghost road...

History: The battery is located just half a mile away from Coalhouse Fort, in East Tilbury. The battery was constructed in 1887-93 and supplemented Coalhouse Fort as part of the Thames’ coastal defence system. It housed six 10 and 6 inch long range firing weapons, mounted on disappearing...

History Constructed in the late 1860s as part of a chain of costal defences running across the bristol channel, aiming to protect the ports of the Severn Estuary. Updated in world war two to serve as an anti-aircraft battery featuring four heavy AA guns. On 13 May 1897, the battert recieved...

This is a location I have explored many times but never taken too many photo's off. Feeling a wee bit bored and the need to get out for a long walk I chose this remote location for my next report. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your point of view, there isn't a quick and easy way to...

The Centre Bastion we know today was built in 1825 during the expansion of De Gomme’s original Sheerness Lines defences from 1670. It was originally armed with 64 pounder guns only for 2 10” mark 111 RML guns to be added. These were loaded with ammunition from the magazine tunnels below which...

Often mistaken for the nearby Centre Bastion or somehow the fort at Garrison Point (by clickbaiters and idiots), Bastion Number 1 was part of the “Sheerness Lines” which is basically like the Western Heights or Chatham Lines of Sheppey but with a water-filled moat. The old Sheerness Lines were...

We have seen it all a million times before. I reported it back in 2016 after visiting it with @mookster. But myself and three non members decided to have a sleepover here; which we had been talking about for some time. We loaded up the car and headed for Grain; stocked up with beer, food...

History: The Verne High Angle Battery is a former 19th-century gun battery on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. Situated close to the Verne Citadel, the battery is Grade II Listed, and forms part of the citadel's scheduled monument status. The battery was built in 1892 to protect...

This is my first proper post so sorry if it’s not to good. Had a good old explore today from st Margret deep shelter to ROC station near fan bay, but on the Google map I saw something interesting. This is copied from national trust. September 1941, construction began at Wanstone Farm, between...

This was our 3rd attempt exploring it and this time we got to it,. Getting to it was easy/difficult at the same time as there were a lot of overgrown trees you have to go through, it was great fun and very simple to explore and very interesting as you don't get to see many of these ani aircraft...

Stallingborough Battery Stallingborough Battery was built as part of the Humber estuary's coastal defence system. In February 1916 the coastal battery was equipped with two 6-inch breech-loading Mk. VII guns. The guns were removed in 1919 and the site abandoned in 1926. The battery was reused...

The History Shotley Battery was built around 1862-1865 to protect the Port of Felixstowe after fears of an invasion from France. There were already two Martello Towers watching over the River Orwell and River Stour and the addition of the Battery enhanced our defences against potential attacks...

St Margaret's Z-Rocket Battery Shelter, Dover - April 2022 Z ROCKET, St. Margarets - Dover, April 2022. Contrary to popular belief...I've been told that this WAS NOT infact a Z Rocket battery... But a 4x 5.5inch Coastal Gun Battery..Apparently. there is no evidence to support it was even...

A Second World War coastal artillery battery, used to inspect suspect merchant ships approaching Boston. The battery comprised 2 six-inch gun emplacements, with linked ammunition magazines, a battery office and store, and a battery engine room. Associated with the battery were two coast...