Artillery battery on Windmill Hill, Gibraltar, mounting two long-range guns.
Edward VII Battery was an artillery battery on Windmill Hill in Gibraltar, part of the Fortifications of Gibraltar. At the end of the nineteenth century it mounted two 9.2 inch guns, among fourteen for long-range bombardment, capable of firing across the Straits of Gibraltar to hit shipping off Morocco.
Edward VII Battery was an artillery battery forming part of the Fortifications of Gibraltar, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It was located on Windmill Hill, with its position shown on maps of Gibraltar, and is recorded as an instance of an artillery battery within Gibraltar. The battery was owned and controlled by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence, with the Royal Gibraltar Regiment given as its garrison. It was not open to the public. At the end of the nineteenth century, Edward VII Battery mounted two 9.2 inch guns. These weapons were part of a group of fourteen guns that were available for long-range bombardment. From their position at the battery, the guns could fire across the Straits of Gibraltar and were capable of hitting shipping on the coast of Morocco. An early photograph shows the battery at Windmill Hill with one of its 9.2 inch breech-loading guns in position. Edward VII Battery is listed among the artillery battery fortifications in Gibraltar and is included within studies of the territory’s fortifications between 1068 and 1945.
