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Team Work / Travail d'equipe

 
 
Team Work / Travail d'equipe Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 22, 2014
1. Team Work / Travail d'equipe Marker
Inscription.
The ten-man gun crew and ammunition detachment worked closely together to ensure safe and precise loading and firing of the 6-inch guns. They followed a sequence when in action:

1) Gun crew and ammunition detachment alerted and take post at the gun and in the magazine
2) Ammunition and equipment readied for firing
3) Battery Commander assigned target
4) Fire orders issued
5) Gun loaded in down position
6) Gun raised to firing position
7) Gun aimed
8) Gun fired and returns to loading position
9) Repeat sequence until cease firing order is issued
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Les dix hommes des équipes de pièce et des munitions travaillaient en étroite collaboration pour assurer la sécurité et la précision du chargement et du tir des canons de 6 pouces. La mise en batterie s'exécutait selon l'enchaînement suivant:

1) Les membres des équipes de pièce et des munitions étaient alertés et se postaient près du canon et dans le magasin.
2) Les munitions et le matériel étaient préparés en vue du tir.
3) Le commandant de batterie désignait la cible.
4) Les ordres de tir étaient donnés.
5) On chargeait le canon alors qu'il était abaissé.
6) On levait le canon à la position de tir.
7)

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On pointait le canon.
8) Après le tir, le canon retournait à la position de chargement.
9) On répétait cet enchaînement jusqu'a ce qu'on donne l'ordre de cesser le feu.
 
Erected by Parks Canada.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and CastlesPatriots & PatriotismWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 48° 25.917′ N, 123° 27.038′ W. Marker is in Victoria, British Columbia, in Capital. Marker is on the grounds of Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites of Canada. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 603 Fort Rodd Hill Road, Victoria BC V9C 2W8, Canada. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Underground Magazine / Magasin souterrain (a few steps from this marker); Lower Battery / Batterie inférieure (within shouting distance of this marker); Canteen / Cantine (within shouting distance of this marker); Repository / Manoeuvre du "repository" (within shouting distance of this marker); Harbour Mouth Defences / Défense de l'entrée du port (within shouting distance of this marker); Searchlight Emplacement / Emplacement de projecteur (within shouting distance of this marker); Second World War Temporary Buildings
Team Work / Travail d'equipe Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 22, 2014
2. Team Work / Travail d'equipe Marker
At the west gun emplacement
(about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Fisgard Lighthouse / Phare de Fisgard (about 90 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Victoria.
 
Also see . . .  Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites of Canada. (Submitted on October 23, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 23, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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