The Maħsel Battery ( mt, Batterija tal-Maħsel) 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 fac ...

in Marsaskala, Malta. It was built by the Order of Saint John in 1714–1716 as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the coasts of the Maltese Islands. The battery no longer exists.

History

Maħsel Battery was built in 1714–1716 as part of the first building programme of coastal batteries in Malta. It defended St. Thomas' Bay along with

Riħama Battery Riħama Battery ( mt, Batterija ta' Riħama) is an artillery battery in Marsaskala, Malta. It was built by the Knights Hospitaller, Order of Saint John in 1714–1716 as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the coasts of the Maltese Is ...

on the opposite side of the bay, and Saint Thomas Tower and Battery commanding the headland to the north of the bay. Maħsel Battery's design was similar to that of Riħama Battery, having a pentagonal gun platform and a blockhouse. It was sometimes erroneously considered a redoubt, but it was actually a battery as it had a cannon. In 1761, an entrenchment wall was built close to Maħsel Battery, part of which still survives. The battery itself no longer exists.

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