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== World War II Defenses == | |||
In 1936, Major [[B.D.C. Treatt]], Royal Artillery, recommended a defense for Prince Rupert that included a modern 6 inch battery with 45 degree mountings, a 6 pounder duplex gun battery, anti-motor torpedo boat ([[AMTB]]) battery, a 12 pounder battery for close defense, and boom and net defenses. | |||
The fixed coast batteries were constructed between 1938 and 1940 and were first armed with available ordnance. The defenses included a spiked boom at Dundas Point across the northern Venn Passage and torpedo/submarine nets across the main shipping channel south of the harbor. | |||
In early 1942 two 8-inch American railway guns were sent to beef up the Prince Rupert defenses for a growing U.S. presence at Prince Rupert. The U.S. Army built a large ammunition depot 10 miles south of Prince Rupert that included 180 building and 23 ammunition bunkers. A large U.S. Army warehouse was built at the docks. These facilities provided a major logistics base for the Aleutian Campaign. | |||
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|+ Prince Rupert Defense Gun Batteries | |+ World War II Prince Rupert Defense Gun Batteries | ||
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! Coastal Batteries | ! Coastal Batteries | ||
! Anti-Aircraft | ! Anti-Aircraft Batteries | ||
! Fire Control Stations | |||
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* Tobey Point Battery 4-3.7" AA Guns | * Tobey Point Battery 4-3.7" AA Guns | ||
* Seal Cove Battery 4-3.7" AA Guns | * Seal Cove Battery 4-3.7" AA Guns | ||
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* Mount Hays | |||
** CDX #1 Mk 1 Radar | |||
** CDX #1 Mk 5 Radar | |||
* East Kinahan Island | |||
* West Ridley Island | |||
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'''Sources:''' | |||
* {{MorganCDSGJ-V14-I2}} | |||
* {{MorganCDSGJ-V14-I3}} | |||
* {{Rowse}} | |||
'''Links: ''' | |||
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/Canada/bc-north.html#rupert North American Forts - Prince Rupert Batteries] | |||
[[Category:Forts]] | [[Category:Forts]] | ||
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World War II Defenses
In 1936, Major B.D.C. Treatt, Royal Artillery, recommended a defense for Prince Rupert that included a modern 6 inch battery with 45 degree mountings, a 6 pounder duplex gun battery, anti-motor torpedo boat (AMTB) battery, a 12 pounder battery for close defense, and boom and net defenses.
The fixed coast batteries were constructed between 1938 and 1940 and were first armed with available ordnance. The defenses included a spiked boom at Dundas Point across the northern Venn Passage and torpedo/submarine nets across the main shipping channel south of the harbor.
In early 1942 two 8-inch American railway guns were sent to beef up the Prince Rupert defenses for a growing U.S. presence at Prince Rupert. The U.S. Army built a large ammunition depot 10 miles south of Prince Rupert that included 180 building and 23 ammunition bunkers. A large U.S. Army warehouse was built at the docks. These facilities provided a major logistics base for the Aleutian Campaign.
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Sources:
- Morgan, David, Prince Rupert Defenses, 1938-1945, GDSG Journal, Vol 14, Issue 2, May 2000, pages 15-28
- Morgan, David, Addendum to "Prince Rupert Defenses, 1938-1945", GDSG Journal, Vol 14, Issue 3, Aug 2000, pages 94-95
- Rowse, Sue Harper, In Times of War: Prince Rupert 1939-1945, Lulu.com, 2005, ISBN 1411639278, ISBN 9781411639270, 176 pages
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