A SHORT HISTORY OF FORT WYNYARD. TABLE BAY DEFENCES

Relatively Iittle has been written about the history of the coastal defences of Table Bay. Although K. W. Maurice-Jones's book The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army1 appeared in 1959 and articles about South Africa's coast gunners were published from time to time. This is hard...

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Main Author: W.M. Bisset
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2012-02-01
Series:Scientia Militaria
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Online Access:http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/727
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description Relatively Iittle has been written about the history of the coastal defences of Table Bay. Although K. W. Maurice-Jones's book The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army1 appeared in 1959 and articles about South Africa's coast gunners were published from time to time. This is hardly surprising since they remained operational until 1955 when the South African Mari ne Corps was disbanded and the batteries were transferred to the South African Navy for care and maintenance.
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spelling doaj.art-da5958768c064119b27eb6abb4748fb82022-12-21T19:46:56ZafrStellenbosch UniversityScientia Militaria2224-00202012-02-019410.5787/9-4-727A SHORT HISTORY OF FORT WYNYARD. TABLE BAY DEFENCESW.M. BissetRelatively Iittle has been written about the history of the coastal defences of Table Bay. Although K. W. Maurice-Jones's book The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army1 appeared in 1959 and articles about South Africa's coast gunners were published from time to time. This is hardly surprising since they remained operational until 1955 when the South African Mari ne Corps was disbanded and the batteries were transferred to the South African Navy for care and maintenance.http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/727The history of the coastal defences of Table BayLieut-Gen R. H. WynyardFort WynyardWynyard BatterySouth African Navy's Cape Town Coast ArtiIlery Maintenance UnitCape Garrison ArtiIlery
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A SHORT HISTORY OF FORT WYNYARD. TABLE BAY DEFENCES
Scientia Militaria
The history of the coastal defences of Table Bay
Lieut-Gen R. H. Wynyard
Fort Wynyard
Wynyard Battery
South African Navy's Cape Town Coast ArtiIlery Maintenance Unit
Cape Garrison ArtiIlery
title A SHORT HISTORY OF FORT WYNYARD. TABLE BAY DEFENCES
title_full A SHORT HISTORY OF FORT WYNYARD. TABLE BAY DEFENCES
title_fullStr A SHORT HISTORY OF FORT WYNYARD. TABLE BAY DEFENCES
title_full_unstemmed A SHORT HISTORY OF FORT WYNYARD. TABLE BAY DEFENCES
title_short A SHORT HISTORY OF FORT WYNYARD. TABLE BAY DEFENCES
title_sort short history of fort wynyard table bay defences
topic The history of the coastal defences of Table Bay
Lieut-Gen R. H. Wynyard
Fort Wynyard
Wynyard Battery
South African Navy's Cape Town Coast ArtiIlery Maintenance Unit
Cape Garrison ArtiIlery
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