Carlingnose Battery – Deployment Plans


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The Fort Record Book includes several sections covering how the guns were to be deployed in the event of different forms of attack from land and sea.

Fort Defence Book – page 8 

Fort Defence Book – page 9

Fort Defence Book – page 13

[B.C. = Battery Commander, B.C. Post = Battery Command Post, the observation post which housed a Depression Range Finder (DRF) on its roof.]

Land Attack instructions from the Fort Record Book page 14

Guns to be disabled in the event of abandonment – Fort Record Book page 14


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