Military history
100 Ton Gun
A 17.72-inch rifled muzzle-loader at Napier of Magdala Battery, mounted in 1884 to answer the Italian battleships then being built for the Spanish navy.
The gun fired a one-ton shell four kilometres and needed thirty-five men to serve it. Its hydraulic loading gear, magazine and shell store are all still in place beneath the mounting, which is what makes this more interesting than a big barrel on a plinth.
Four were made for Gibraltar and Malta. Two survive, and this is the one you can stand next to.
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It sits down at sea level near Rosia Bay, so it pairs naturally with Europa Point rather than the Upper Rock stops.
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