Sliema Batteries
| Sliema Batteries | |
|---|---|
| Batteriji ta' Tas-Sliema | |
| Part of the French blockade batteries | |
| Sliema, Malta | |
| Coordinates | 35°54′39.1″N 14°30′19.3″E / 35.910861°N 14.505361°E |
| Type | Artillery batteries |
| Site history | |
| Built | c. 1798 |
| Built by | Maltese insurgents |
| In use | c. 1798–1800 |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Fate | Demolished |
| Battles/wars | Siege of Malta (1798–1800) |
| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders |
Vincenzo Borg |
The Sliema Batteries (Maltese: Batteriji ta' Tas-Sliema) were a series of artillery batteries in Sliema, Malta, that were built by Maltese insurgents during the French blockade of 1798–1800. They were the first in a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French positions in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour.
The batteries were built by Vincenzo Borg. The following batteries are known to have existed:
Other batteries known as tal-Blat and ta' Sbiese also existed.
The Sliema batteries still existed in 1811, but like the other French blockade fortifications, they were dismantled, possibly sometime after 1814. No traces of the batteries can be seen today.
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