Victualling Yard, Gibraltar
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The Victualling Yard was a victualling facility in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar built for supplying Royal Navy ships while anchored at Rosia Bay.
Victualling Yard (centre right), Parson's Lodge Battery (centre), construction site at former Rosia Water Tanks (right), Rosia Cottages (right), former Old Naval Hospital (left), Camp Bay (left).
The Naval Stores at Rosia Bay in 1827 by Thomas Staunton St. Clair
Parson's Lodge Battery
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Parson's Lodge Battery is a coastal battery and fort in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Victualling Yard, Gibraltar
…stores at Waterport and Irish Town. However, St Vincent won. In addition to access to the bay, the site had the advantage of the protection afforded by Parson's Lodge Battery. It had the further advantage of being out of range of enemy gunfire from the North Front. Construction of the Rosia Water Tanks began in 1799 and was…
Parson's Lodge Battery, Gibraltar
A Hotchkiss 6-pounder at the battery