coalhousedave
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Fort Rinella Malta how cool is fort rinella ?
has anyone ever been there?
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darksidedsam
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Looks cool!
Fort Rinella is a Victorian fortification on the island of Malta. It is also referred to as the Rinella Battery in some maps and publications.
It was built by the British between 1878 and 1886 and stands above the shore east of the mouth of Grand Harbour, between Fort Ricassoli and Fort St Roca.
The fort was built to contain a single Armstrong 17.72 inch rifled muzzle loading 102 ton gun, which is still in place.
The fort was originally one of pair, the paired Cambridge Battery fort near Tigne west of Grand Harbour no longer exists.
A similar pair of guns were installed when Victoria Battery (1879) and Napier of Magdala Battery (1883) were built to defend Gibraltar. These were built without the self defence capabilities of Rinella.
The 100 Ton Armstrong Gun
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The 100 Ton Armstrong Gun
The fort is modest in size since it was designed to operate and protect the single large gun, with its associated gun crew, magazines, bunkers, support machinery and the modest detachment of troops stationed within the fort to defend the installation.
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coalhousedave
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Nice Pics Sam
Well done
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