Battery Way Mortars & Ammunition Dump
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Armed with four 12-inch (305 mm) M1890 mortar carriages which were capable of lobbing a 1,000 lbs (454.5 kg) deck piercing shell 01 700 lb (318 kg) high explosive shell 14,610 yards (8.3 miles or 13.35 km) in any direction. Maximum bagged charge weight was 63 lbs (28.6 kg). Firing elevation was from 45 degrees minimum to 70 degrees maximum. Length of rifled bore is 10 ft (3.05 m). Rate of fire capability was one round per minute to one round in 45 seconds, but this was seldom met as the standard tactic was to load and lay two mortar at a time when firing "in salvo" to achieve a shotgun effect. Standard crew per mortar was 14 men. (Taken from the location's marker)
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