Battery North Pier
The battery North Mole was as part of the fortress plan Wilhelmshavens a battery to protect the Prussian naval base in Wilhelmshaven .
Location and structure
The battery was located at the tip of the north pier on the III. Driveway . It had underground accommodation rooms and an underground ammunition room.
history
The battery began operating with the expansion of the port in 1909.
Armament
The Nordmole battery consisted of three open 10 cm guns.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Frank Gosch: fortress construction on the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The history of the German coastal fortifications until 1918 . 1st edition. Mittler, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0743-9 , pp. 51-64 .