From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Princess Amelia's Battery

18th century artillery battery in Gibraltar

Field	Value
name	Princess Amelia's Battery
partof	Fortifications of Gibraltar
location	Upper Rock Nature Reserve, Gibraltar
image	[[File:Princess Amelia's Battery, 2013.JPG	300px]]
caption	Two remaining buildings at Princess Amelia's Battery
map_type	Gibraltar
map_size	300
map_caption	Location of Princess Amelia's Battery in Gibraltar
coordinates
built
condition	Poor
ownership	Government of Gibraltar
image2	[[File:Princess Anne's Battery diagram.png	300px]]
caption2	Diagram of Princess Amelia's and Princess Anne's Batteries with north to the left. E - Gun No. 4 of Princess Anne's Battery

Princess Amelia's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located on Willis's Plateau at the northern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, adjacent to Gun No. 4 of Princess Anne's Battery. It was named after Princess Amelia of Great Britain, the second daughter of George II. It was formerly referred to as the 2nd Willis's Battery. The plateau and its batteries had previously been named after an artillery officer by the name of Willis who was outstanding during the capture of Gibraltar in 1704. Princess Amelia's Battery saw action during the Great Siege of Gibraltar, during which it sustained substantial damage. Little remains of the original site, aside from two derelict buildings. The battery is listed with the Gibraltar Heritage Trust.

Early history

Princess Amelia's Battery is in Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. The artillery battery is located on Willis's Plateau at the northern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, above Princess Caroline's Battery and adjacent to the fourth gun of Princess Anne's Battery. Both Princess Amelia's Battery and the adjacent Gun No. 4 are on higher ground than that of Guns No. 1 through 3 of Princess Anne's Battery.

The site was initially known as the 2nd Willis's Battery. During the capture of Gibraltar in 1704, an artillery officer by the name of Willis was outstanding in his manning of the guns. To honor the officer, the Batteries of San Joachim and the Bastion of San Jose were renamed Willis's. The site was renamed again after Princess Amelia (1711 – 1786), the second daughter of King George II. The proximity of the battery to Princess Anne's Battery is such that the latter is sometimes mistakenly referred to as Princess Amelia's Battery. Princess Amelia's Battery was one of several on Willis's Plateau that also included Princess Anne's Battery and Princess Royal's Battery.

Princess Amelia's Battery was first armed in 1732. There were half a dozen guns behind embrasures by 1773.

Recent history

Two derelict buildings remain at the site of Princess Amelia's Battery, which is listed with the Gibraltar Heritage Trust.

References

"List of Crown Dependencies & Overseas Territories". [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]].
Roach, John. (10 October 2006). "Neandertals' Last Stand was in Gibraltar, Study Suggests". National Geographic News.
"Map of Princess Amelia's Battery". Google Maps.
"Princess Anne's Battery No.4 Gun (E)". DiscoverGibraltar.com (Click Upper Rock Nature Reserve, Princess Anne's Battery, E 360 view at No.4 Gun).
Fa, Darren. (31 October 2006). "The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945". Osprey Publishing.
"Entrance to Tunnels (A)". DiscoverGibraltar.com (Click Tunnels, 18th Century Tunnels (Middle Galleries), Entrance to Tunnels (A)).
"Princess Amelia Sophia Eleanora (1711-1786), Second daughter of George II". National Portrait Gallery.
"Princess Anne's Battery No.1 Gun (A)". DiscoverGibraltar.com (Click Upper Rock Nature Reserve, then Princess Anne's Battery).
(1823). "Encyclopædia Britannica; or A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature, Volume 9". Printed for Archibald Constable and Company.
Drinkwater Bethune, John. (1786). "A history of the late siege of Gibraltar".

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

artillery-battery-fortifications-in-gibraltar coastal-artillery

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Princess Amelia's Battery — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report