Tovey 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 fac ...

in the

British Overseas Territory The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remna ...

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Description

The battery is named after Colonel Tovey who was in Gibraltar and died here in November 1781 whilst he led the Royal Artillery during the

Great Siege of Gibraltar The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the War of the American Revolution. It was the largest battle in the war by number of combatants. The American war had end ...

. Tovey battery had two 6 inch guns at the end of the nineteenth century which were part of fourteen available for close range defense. In 1911 Tovey's importance led to the closure of the inferior

Hayne's Cave Battery Hayne's Cave Battery is the remains of two gun positions that made up an artillery battery on the west side of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar at Hayne's Cave. Gun emplacements can still be visited at this cave. Description Location U ...

which only had 4 inch guns. The ''Tovey Battery'' had two six inch guns during World War II.

References

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