Admiralty Pier Turret

Admiralty Pier Turret
Admiralty Pier, Turret under the light tower

The Admiralty Pier Turret or Dover Turret, is an enclosed armoured turret built in 1882 on the western breakwater of Dover Harbour in southeast England. It contains 2 Fraser RML 16 inch 80 ton guns, the biggest installed in the United Kingdom. Declared obsolete in 1902, it is currently part of the port and inaccessible, though the guns remain in place.[1]

The two guns were delivered to Dover in 1882, and their installation in the turret took about six months. The turret was operated by steam for movement and loading. Four rounds were fired from the guns in July 1883, and the turret handed over to the Royal Artillery Regiment in March 1886.[2]

There are some remains of the Pier Turret Battery, two 6-inch Mk 7 guns installed on top of the main turret in 1908-9.

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See also

  • Tyne Turrets 12" guns operational at the mouth of the Tyne 1921-26.

References

  1. ^ http://www.subterraneanhistory.co.uk/2009/10/dover-admiralty-pier-turret.html
  2. ^ Carpenter (1993). pp. 43-45

Bibliography

Carpenter, Austin (1993). Cannon: The conservation, reconstruction and presentation of historic artillery. Halsgrove Press. ISBN 1-874448-02-7. 

External links

Coordinates: 51°6′42″N 1°19′8″E / 51.11167°N 1.31889°E / 51.11167; 1.31889


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