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Ta' Għemmuna Battery

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Type
  
Artillery battery

In use
  
1799–1800

Fate
  
Demolished

Material
  
Limestone

Built by
  
Maltese insurgents

Materials
  
Limestone

Year built
  
1799

Ta' Għemmuna Battery

Battles/wars
  
Siege of Malta (1798–1800)

Similar
  
Wilġa Battery, Riħama Battery, Saint Paul's Battery, Della Grazie Battery, Pinto Battery

Ta' Għemmuna Battery (Maltese: Batterija ta' Għemmuna) was an artillery battery in St. Julian's, Malta, that was built by Maltese insurgents during the French blockade of 1798–1800. The battery was located at Dragonara Point, in front of the Hospitaller entrenchments at Spinola. The battery had a large parapet with nine embrasures and a magazine. It was armed with seven guns, which had been taken from St. Mary's Tower and St. Paul's Bay.

The battery was built by Vincenzo Borg in February 1799, after a French force of around 30 ships was sighted close to the Maltese coast. The battery was built to prevent a French relief force from landing at St. Julian's Bay and St. George's Bay, therefore protecting other insurgent positions from the rear.

The battery still existed in 1811, but it was eventually demolished. Its site is now occupied by the Dragonara Palace, which was built in 1870 and is now a casino.

References

Ta' Għemmuna Battery Wikipedia