1900
Gough Battery first mentioned with two 6-inch BL Mark VII guns.
Rollo, 1992, p.187
Gough Battery was in existence as early as 1900:
1901
A compass sketch drawn by Colonel L. Brown, C.R.E. in China, and dated 13.0.1901 shows the "Plan of Proposed Site for New Barracks: Devil's Peak" at the present Yau Tong industrial zone. The plan had the annotation "new road to batteries."
CO129/305
It had a history of more than a century by the date of production of this paper.
1902
1902
6 October 1906
A compass sketch of ground to north of Devil's Peak showed land to be acquired by the War Department, with the locations of Gough and Pottinger Batteries indicated as "New Batteries." Signs of quarrying at the present Lei Yue Mun Valley were shown.
The construction of Taikoo Docks at Quarry Bay on the island of Hong Kong commenced.
August 1902: a 9.2-inch gun was delivered to Pottinger Battery.
Owen Committee Report dated 6 October 1906 stated that Hong Kong was the principal naval base of the British fleet in the Far East and a commercial port of great importance liable to a Class A Attack by Battleships.
[Therefore, one of the 6-inch guns proposed for Gough Battery by the 1898 Committee was replaced by a 9.2-inch BL Mark X gun by 1910.]
6 February 1907 Royal visit by Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, who arrived at the Colony on 6 February 1907.
Later, the Duke observed firing exercises for the 9.2-inch guns at Pottinger Battery and the 6-inch guns at Gough Battery.
PRO219
Eastern District Board 1994, p.25
Rollo, 1992, p.70, p.79
Rollo, 1992, p.79, p.80, 187
Rollo, 1992, p.83
129
1900
Gough Battery first mentioned with two 6-inch BL Mark VII guns.
Rollo, 1992, p.187
Gough Battery was in existence
as early as 1900:
1901
:
A compass sketch drawn by Colonel L. Brown, C.R.E. in China, and dated 13.0.1901 shows the "Plan of Proposed Site for New Barracks: Devil's Peak" at the present Yau Tong industrial zone. The plan had the annotation "new road to batteries."
CO 129/305
It had a history of more than a century by the date of production of this paper.
1902
1902
6 October 1906
A compass sketch of ground to north of Devil's Peak showed land to be acquired by the War Department, with the locations of Gough and Pottinger Batteries indicated as "New Batteries." Signs of quarrying at the present Lei Yue Mun Valley were shown.
The construction of Taikoo Docks at Quarry Bay on the island of Hong Kong commenced.
August 1902: a 9.2-inch gun was delivered to Pottinger Battery.
Owen Committee Report dated 6 October 1906 stated that Hong Kong was the principal naval base of the British fleet in the Far East and a commercial port of great importance liable to a Class A Attack by Battleships.
[Therefore, one of the 6-inch guns proposed for Gough Battery by the 1898 Committee was replaced by a 9.2-inch BL Mark X gun by 1910.]
6 February 1907 Royal visit by Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, who arrived at the
Colony on 6 February 1907.
Later, the Duke observed firing exercises for the 9.2-inch guns at Pottinger Battery and the 6- inch guns at Gough Battery.
PRO 219
Eastern District Board 1994, p.25
Rollo, 1992, p.70, p.79
Rollo, 1992, p.79, p.80, 187
Rollo, 1992, p.83
129
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