| Capuchin Convent Battery | |
|---|---|
| Part of the French blockade batteries | |
| Kalkara, Malta | |
| Coordinates | 35°53′10.7″N 14°31′58.4″E / 35.886306°N 14.532889°E |
| Type | Artillery battery |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1798 |
| Built by | Maltese insurgents or Great Britain |
| In use | 1798–1800 |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Fate | Demolished |
| Battles/wars | Siege of Malta (1798–1800) |
Capuchin Convent Battery was an artillery battery in Kalkara, Malta, built by Maltese insurgents during the French blockade of 1798-1800. It was part of a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French positions in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour.
Capuchin Convent Battery was built overlooking Kalkara Creek. The battery was located adjacent to a Capuchin convent, which sheltered it from bombardment from the nearby Cottonera Lines and the Post of Castile. It was medium sized, and it blocked a country lane which led towards the creek. Its armament is not known.
The battery was possibly built by Alexander Ball.
Like the other French blockade fortifications, the battery was dismantled, possibly sometime after 1814. No traces of the battery can be seen today, but the convent still exists, although it has been modified.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Spiteri, Stephen C. (May 2008). "Maltese ‘siege’ batteries of the blockade 1798-1800". p. 28. http://www.militaryarchitecture.com/images/stories/Arx/arx6-2008.pdf. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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