Cambridge Battery
| Cambridge Battery | |
|---|---|
| Batterija ta' Cambridge | |
| Tigné Point, Sliema, Malta | |
| Coordinates | 35°54′32.8″N 14°30′35″E / 35.909111°N 14.50972°E |
| Type | Artillery battery |
| Area | 6,300 m2 (68,000 sq ft) |
| Site information | |
| Open to the public |
No |
| Condition | Intact |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1878–1886 |
| Built by | British Empire |
| In use | 1884–1906 |
| Materials | Limestone and concrete |
Cambridge Battery (Maltese: Batterija ta' Cambridge) is a Victorian-era battery in Sliema, Malta. It is commonly referred to as Fort Cambridge (Maltese: Forti Cambridge), although it was never classified as a fort while in use. It originally contained an Armstrong 100-ton gun.
Cambridge Battery was built by the British between 1878 and 1886 above the shore west of the mouth of Grand Harbour, between Sliema Point Battery and Fort Tigné. Construction started on 28 August 1878, and the gate was built in 1880. The battery was completed on 27 November 1886, and construction had cost some £18,819.
The battery was built to contain a single Armstrong 100-ton gun: a 450 mm rifled muzzle-loading (RML) gun made by Elswick Ordnance Company, the armaments division of the British manufacturing company Armstrong Whitworth. The battery was paired with Rinella Battery near Kalkara, east of Grand Harbour. The British installed a second pair of 100-ton guns to defend Gibraltar, mounting one each in Victoria Battery (1879) and Napier of Magdala Battery (1883), which did not have Cambridge or Rinella's self-defence capabilities. The gun at Cambridge was eventually scrapped, and today only two 100-ton guns survive, at Rinella and Napier of Magdala.
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