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Malta: San Leonardo Fort. Six plans. (1) 'Malta Eastern District Fort San Leonardo....

Catalogue reference: WO 78/3833

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WO 78/3833
Date
1896-1897
Description

Malta: San Leonardo Fort. Six plans. (1) 'Malta Eastern District Fort San Leonardo. Proposed Artillery Stores for 9".2 and 11" Guns'. Plan, sections and elevation. Scale: 1 inch to 5 feet. Compass indicator. (2) '...Proposed Revision of Work for 2. 9.2 inch B L Wire Guns on Barbette Pedestal Mountings and 4, 11-inch R M L [Rifled Muzzle Loading] Guns'. Plan and section. Scale: 1 inch to 30 feet. Compass indicator. August 1896. (3) Revised version of (4), March 1897. (4) '... Proposed Emplacements for 2-9".2 B.L. Wire Guns on Barbette Pedestal Mounting'. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. Compass indicator. August 1896. (5) Revised version of (6), March 1897. Initialled N L A, 26 March 1897. (6) '... Proposed Emplacements for 2-9. 2-inch B L Wire Guns on Barbette Pedestal Mountings. Magazines'. Plan and sections. Scale: 1 inch to 5 feet. Initialled H M B, 21 August 1896. Dimensions: (1) 94 cm x 51.5 cm; (2) 75 cm x 130 cm; (3) 63 cm x 102 cm; (4) 74 cm x 123 cm; (5) 75 cm x 120 cm; (6) 74 cm x 118.5 cm.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WO 47
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
(1), (3), (5) MS, on tracing cloth; (2), (4), (6) MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 3203.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3272777/

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