The 100 Ton Armstrong Gun at Fort Rinella discussion

GEHFileBot · 10-07-2006, 04:45 PM

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The 100 Ton Armstrong Gun at Fort Rinella

The 100-ton gun presently at Fort Rinella arrived in Malta from Woolwich on 10th September 1882. After some months the gun was ferried from the Dockyard to Rinella Bay from where it was transported to Fort Rinella. The gun had to be manhandled all the way to the fort. The operation, which involved about 100 men from the 1st Brigade Scottish R.A. Division, lasted three months. Finally in January 1884 the gun was brought into position and was ready for use. The gun was mounted en barbette on a wrought-iron sliding carriage. In this position the gun fired over the top of the parapet of the emplacement without the need of exposing the gun-crew to enemy fire. Given its massive proportions the gun could not be worked manually, therefore an ingenious hydraulic system was used to traverse it and to load it. This makes Fort Rinella the first battery to have had a gun worked by mechanical means.

Captain Hornblower · 10-08-2006, 05:55 PM

Some more informations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Rinella

10-07-2006, 04:45 PM	#1
GEHFileBot Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,960	The 100 Ton Armstrong Gun at Fort Rinella discussion This is a discussion thread for the following file: The 100 Ton Armstrong Gun at Fort Rinella The 100-ton gun presently at Fort Rinella arrived in Malta from Woolwich on 10th September 1882. After some months the gun was ferried from the Dockyard to Rinella Bay from where it was transported to Fort Rinella. The gun had to be manhandled all the way to the fort. The operation, which involved about 100 men from the 1st Brigade Scottish R.A. Division, lasted three months. Finally in January 1884 the gun was brought into position and was ready for use. The gun was mounted en barbette on a wrought-iron sliding carriage. In this position the gun fired over the top of the parapet of the emplacement without the need of exposing the gun-crew to enemy fire. Given its massive proportions the gun could not be worked manually, therefore an ingenious hydraulic system was used to traverse it and to load it. This makes Fort Rinella the first battery to have had a gun worked by mechanical means.

10-08-2006, 05:55 PM	#2
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