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'''Location:''' Ogden Point Battery, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Map points are approximate. | '''Location:''' Ogden Point Battery, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Map points are approximate. | ||
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Revision as of 19:40, 10 May 2014
Ogden Point Battery (1939-1954) - Ogden Point Battery was a Canadian coastal gun battery at Ogden Point, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Deactivated in 1954.
World War II (1939-1945)
Part of the Harbor Defense of Victoria and Esquimalt Harbors.
Originally built as a single 12-pounder QF MK1 gun mounted on a MK1 mount (15 degree) emplaced on the breakwater in 1939. Relocated to the pier in 1940 and replaced with a 6-pounder duplex gun in 1944. The duplex gun was emplaced until 1954.
Current Status
No remains, no period guns or mounts in place.
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Location: Ogden Point Battery, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Map points are approximate. Maps & Images Lat: 48.414898 Long: -123.391182 |
Sources:
- Morgan, David, Forts of the Canadian West Coast - Victoria/Esquimalt Defenses, CDSG Journal, Volume 9, Issue 2, May 1995, page 16-24.
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