Carlingnose Battery
Carlingnose Battery was part of the set of coastal defences created in North Queensferry around the end of the 19th century. This included Carlingnose Battery and Barracks, the Coastguard Battery and associated Defence Lights, the Submarine Mining Station and the Royal Naval Air Station at Port Laing.
Introduction
1898-1899 acquiring the sites
1900 Arrival of the guns
Layout of the battery
The 6 inch guns
Ammunition
Field of Fire and Range
Battery Control Post and Depression Range Finder
Sub-calibre Guns
Control of the Guns
Gun crew and their duties
Battery Defences
Deployment Plans
Distribution of Fire against enemy forces
Controlling Traffic in the Forth
The Guns in Action
Deeper defences in the Forth
Carlingnose Battery today
A Coastal gun firing (not at Carlingnose!)
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