Hanover Battery

Hanover Battery
Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Hanover battery by George Washington Wilson
"The Northern Defences" of Gibraltar including A Castle Communication, B Castle Batteries, C Princes Gallery, D Bombproof Barracks, E Forbes' Battery. Also Hanover Battery, a nearby Magazine, Kings, Princes and Queen's Lines and galleries.
Coordinates36°08′41″N 5°21′01″W / 36.14471°N 5.35037°W / 36.14471; -5.35037
TypeArtillery Battery
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Site history
Battles/warsGreat Siege of Gibraltar

Hanover Battery was an artillery battery on the north west part of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The battery is casemated.[1] Beneath the battery was a tunnel known as Hanover Gallery.

  1. ^ Ehlen, Judy; Harmon, Russell S. (2001). The Environmental Legacy of Military Operations. Geological Society of America. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-8137-4114-7. Retrieved 29 March 2013.