Lower Battery / Batterie inférieure
Operating Lower Battery during an alert required discipline, precise timing and constant attention to safety.
Take Post Command
Procedure
#1. Enemy Vessel Sighted
#2. Battery Take Post Command Issued
#3. Gun Fire Opened
#4. Enemy Vessel Sunk...
or Rendered Harmless...
or Retired Out of Range
#5. Battery Stood Down.
Le fonctionnement de la batterie inférieure pendent une alerte exigeait de la discipline, une synchronisation parfaite et un souci constant de la sécurité.
À Vos Postes
Méthode
#1. Le navire ennemi est repéré
#2. L'ordre "À Vos Postes" est donné
#3. Les canons font feu
#4. Le navire ennemi est coulé...
or mis hors d'état de ne nuire...
ou prend la fuite
#5. La batterie est au repos.
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Lower Battery was built between 1896 and 1898 at the same time as Upper Battery. Two 6-inch breech-loading coast defence guns were mounted here. An adjacent barracks accommodated the gun crews of both Upper and Lower Batteries. The guns
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Most of the battery is original. The two emplacements contain the roller races upon which the 6-inch guns rotated. The displays tell the story of the defences and the troops during the First World War.
La batterie inférieure fut construite entre 1895 et 1898, à la même époque que la batterie supérieure; c'est là que furent montés deux canons de six pouces à chargement par la culasse. Dans une caserne voisine étaient logés les servants des batteries inférieure et supérieure. Les canons furent enlevés vers 1942.
La majeure partie de la batterie est à l'état original. Aux deux emplacements, les canons de six pouces pivotaient sur des roulements. Les pièces d'exposition racontent l'histoire des fortifications et des troupes durant la Première Guerre mondiale.
Erected by Parks Canada.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, World I. A significant historical year for this entry is 1896.
Location. 48° 25.931′ N, 123° 27.03′ 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 (here, next to this marker); Repository / Manoeuvre du "repository"
Also see . . .
1. Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites of Canada. Parks Canada website entry (Submitted on October 30, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. Defending the Coast. CFB Esquimalt Naval Military Museum website entry (Submitted on October 30, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 240 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 30, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
