Princess Caroline’s Battery
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Princess Caroline’s Battery is a historic coastal artillery battery on the Rock of Gibraltar, built to defend the territory and its strategic strait.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal artillery battery
ⓘ
historic military fortification ⓘ |
| armedWith | coastal artillery guns ⓘ |
| builtFor |
artillery emplacement
ⓘ
coastal defence ⓘ defence of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| controlledBy | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentUse | disused military site ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccess | military roads on the Rock of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| hasFunction | military battery ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Bay of Gibraltar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strait of Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Upper Rock area of Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | western side of the Rock of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| location | Rock of Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Princess Caroline of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Princess Amelia’s Battery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Princess Anne’s Battery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlooks | Strait of Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
British fortifications in the Mediterranean
ⓘ
Gibraltar’s coastal defence system ⓘ fortifications of Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | strategic defence of the Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
18th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ |
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