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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia > Records

Pre1914, Ammunition Storage Chest, Fuzes for 6 inch Mk V Coast Defence Gun, 1893

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Fortress Fremantle and the Defence of Western Australia

MOBILITY AND FIREPOWER

Overview

Fuze storage box, provenanced to the Princess Royal Fortress with markings indicating association with 6 inch Mk V coast artillery guns.

Historical information

During the 19th century, tatn attack on the coaling facilities at Albany was deemed a potential threat to the state and the nation.[ All the Australian states contributed the funds to build the fortress, and the British Government provided the guns. The fortress was the first federal defense project in Australia, without the country yet having a federal government,[and opened in 1893.[ Two gun batteries were dug into the hillside of Mount Adelaide: Fort Princess Royal with two Mark V 6-inch BL guns, and Fort Plantagenet with one six inch gun.

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cwa-org-32-54-411

Contextual Information

This object is displayed in the Pre 1914 Gallery at the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia.

Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

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