World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 1 November 2013
Event ID 966238
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/966238
Three 9.2-inch guns formed the main armament of Inchkeith. This calibre of gun was intended to tackle the largest enemy ships that might attack the British coast. The guns were mounted in separate emplacements set along the high central ridge of the island: that known as “B” Group was the southernmost.
“B” Group was the first 9.2-inch gun emplaced on the island, in 1892. The original Mk 1 gun was replaced by a Mk X (the same type mounted in Groups “F” and “L”) in 1905-6.
By 1941 the name of the gun had been changed to South 9.2”gun.
A brick and concrete canopy was added before or in the early years of the Second World War.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 1 November 2013.
