East Wear Battery

East Wear Battery

East Wear Battery is a gun battery to the east of the Verne Citadel on the Isle of Portland, in Dorset, England. The battery was built in the 1860s as a result of the Royal Commission to guard the new Portland harbour and Royal Navy institutions on the island. Five open batteries were built housing 20 9" and 10" RMLs. In 1900 they were replaced by 3 6" guns, and again by 2 9.2" by World War II.

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* [http://www.cyberport.co.uk/historyfile/portland_and_weymouth/dorsets_coastal_defences/east_wear.htm East Wear Battery]


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