Martin's Battery was an
artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to fa ...
in the
British Overseas Territory of
Gibraltar.
Description
During World War Two there were two 4 inch and two 4 inch Quick Firing guns at Martin's Battery on the west side of the
Rock of Gibraltar
The Rock of Gibraltar (from the Arabic name Jabel-al-Tariq) is a monolithic limestone promontory located in the British territory of Gibraltar, near the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, and near the entrance to the Mediterr ...
.
Presumably named for the drunken soldier who reportedly discovered
Martin's Cave
Martin's Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It opens on the eastern cliffs of the Rock of Gibraltar, below its summit at O'Hara's Battery. It is an ancient sea cave, though it is now located over above the shore of ...
in 1821.
References
Batteries in Gibraltar
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