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'''Kau Point Battery''' is a 19th-century coast defence battery constructed in [[Wellington]], New Zealand in the 1890s. It is located on the east side of Point Halswell in [[Wellington]], New Zealand, approximately midway between the [[Massey Memorial]] and [[Fort Ballance]], close to the site of the ancient [[Māori people|Māori]] settlement of Kau-whakaara-waru.<ref name="Glackin Kau">{{cite book|last1=Glackin|first1=Russell|title=In Defence of Our Land|date=2009|publisher=Penquin|isbn=9780143011866|page=52}}</ref> |
'''Kau Point Battery''' is a 19th-century coast defence battery constructed in [[Wellington]], New Zealand in the 1890s. It is located on the east side of Point Halswell in [[Wellington]], New Zealand, approximately midway between the [[Massey Memorial]] and [[Fort Ballance]], close to the site of the ancient [[Māori people|Māori]] settlement of Kau-whakaara-waru.<ref name="Glackin Kau">{{cite book|last1=Glackin|first1=Russell|title=In Defence of Our Land|date=2009|publisher=Penquin|isbn=9780143011866|page=52}}</ref> |
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Construction of the battery was completed in 1891, with the intention of commanding the inner harbour in conjunction with the Halswell Battery, Fort Kelburne and [[Fort Ballance]]. The Battery was a single circular gun-pit with an underground magazine on the same level buried behind it. Armament consisted of one [[BL 8 inch Mk I – VII naval gun|One eight-inch disappearing gun]]. Secondary armament was planned, but never installed consisting of either two[[QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt|Q.F. Nordenfeldt six-pounder guns]] or a single [[QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss]]. Fire control was provided by a Battery Command Post(BCP), equipped with a MK1b Direction Range Finder was located on the hill behind it.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cooke|first1=Peter|title=Defending New Zealand|date=2000|publisher=Defence of New Zealand Study Group|isbn=0473068338|page=96|edition=10th impression, June 2016}}</ref> |
Construction of the battery was completed in 1891, with the intention of commanding the inner harbour in conjunction with the Halswell Battery, Fort Kelburne and [[Fort Ballance]]. The Battery was a single circular gun-pit with an underground magazine on the same level buried behind it. Armament consisted of one [[BL 8 inch Mk I – VII naval gun|One eight-inch disappearing gun]]. Secondary armament was planned, but never installed consisting of either two[[QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt|Q.F. Nordenfeldt six-pounder guns]] or a single [[QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss]]. Fire control was provided by a Battery Command Post(BCP), equipped with a MK1b Direction Range Finder was located on the hill behind it.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cooke|first1=Peter|title=Defending New Zealand|date=2000|publisher=Defence of New Zealand Study Group|isbn=0473068338|page=96|edition=10th impression, June 2016}}</ref> |
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The battery was manned until 1925, and then converted into a magazine and abandoned in the 1950s when New Zealand abandoned its coast defences.{{ |
The battery was manned until 1925, and then converted into a magazine and abandoned in the 1950s when New Zealand abandoned its coast defences.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} |
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Latest revision as of 08:16, 18 April 2024
Kau Point Battery is a 19th-century coast defence battery constructed in Wellington, New Zealand in the 1890s. It is located on the east side of Point Halswell in Wellington, New Zealand, approximately midway between the Massey Memorial and Fort Ballance, close to the site of the ancient Māori settlement of Kau-whakaara-waru.[1]
Construction of the battery was completed in 1891, with the intention of commanding the inner harbour in conjunction with the Halswell Battery, Fort Kelburne and Fort Ballance. The Battery was a single circular gun-pit with an underground magazine on the same level buried behind it. Armament consisted of one One eight-inch disappearing gun. Secondary armament was planned, but never installed consisting of either twoQ.F. Nordenfeldt six-pounder guns or a single QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss. Fire control was provided by a Battery Command Post(BCP), equipped with a MK1b Direction Range Finder was located on the hill behind it.[2]
The battery was manned until 1925, and then converted into a magazine and abandoned in the 1950s when New Zealand abandoned its coast defences.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Glackin, Russell (2009). In Defence of Our Land. Penquin. p. 52. ISBN 9780143011866.
- ^ Cooke, Peter (2000). Defending New Zealand (10th impression, June 2016 ed.). Defence of New Zealand Study Group. p. 96. ISBN 0473068338.
41°17′20″S 174°49′52″E / 41.289°S 174.831°E
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