January 16, 2018

Shoulder of mutton - Dover

Shoulder Of Mutton 

Date 16.1.2017
Location : dover

History :
The battery is mentioned in a report of February 1851, with 5 x 32pdrs but was completely reconstructed 1871-74 for RMLs.
In 1886 the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers Works Committee recommended that the two 9-inch RMLs should be adapted for high-angle fire, and a table of armaments in 1887 showed highangle mountings approved.

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