Lord Airey’s Battery
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Lord Airey’s Battery is a historic coastal artillery position on the Rock of Gibraltar, built to defend the British fortress and its strategic entrance to the Mediterranean.
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal artillery battery
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ military fortification ⓘ |
| builtBy | British military engineers ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| controlledBy | British Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction | artillery position ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Bay of Gibraltar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North African coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic military site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gibraltar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Rock area of Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Rock of Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lord Airey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Strait of Gibraltar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
entrance to the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gibraltar’s coastal artillery system
ⓘ
fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| purpose |
coastal defence
ⓘ
control of maritime access to the Mediterranean ⓘ defence of the fortress of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| region | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | commanding position over the Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| usedFor | defence of British naval routes ⓘ |
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