Lentley Coastal Battery Plymouth

LENTNEY BATTERY WAS CONSTRUCTED 1905, ARMED WITH 6" BL GUNS (WOODWARD). DES=SITE OF COASTAL BATTERY. ARMED WITH 2 X 12 POUNDER GUNS, 2 X 6" GUNS, 1 X TWIN 6 POUNDER GUNS (GUY). A COASTAL BATTERY DESIGNED TO COVER THE EASTERN APPROACHES TO PLYMOUTH SOUND; ASSOCIATED WITH RENNEY BATTERY, WITH WHICH IT SHARED ACCOMMODATION (RENNEY/LENTNEY CAMP). COMPLETED IN 1905. ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR 3 X 6" BL GUNS BUT ONLY TWO INSTALLED. IN 1911 BATTERY PUT INTO RESERVE AS ITS ROLE WAS BETTER FULFILLED BY THE CONTEMPORARY BATTERY (SAME ARMAMENT) AT WATCH HOUSE; GUNS DISMOUNTED AFTER WORLD WAR I. BATTERY RE-ARMED IN 1941 AND USED FOR TRAINING UNTIL 1956, WHEN GUNS REMOVED. ALSO ARMED DURING WORLD WAR II WITH ONE TWIN 6-POUNDER QF GUN, TWO 12-POUNDER QF GUNS, AND TWO 6" BL NAVAL GUNS; ALL USED FOR TRAINING. ALSO USED FOR THE TRIAL FIRING OF FOREIGN (CAPTURED GERMAN AND FRENCH) GUNS DURING WORLD WAR II. THE TWO 6" BL GUN EMPLACEMENTS SURVIVE COMPLETE, TOGETHER WITH THREE UNDERGROUND MAGAZINES (INCLUDING ONE FOR THE GUN WHICH WAS NOT INSTALLED), SHELTERS AND STORE-ROOMS LOCATED BETWEEN OR BEHIND THE EMPLACEMENTS. ALL ARE VERY WELL PRESERVED AND HAVE NOT BEEN MODIFIED; THEY CONTAIN COMPLETE EXAMPLES OF SHELL AND CARTRIDGE HOISTS, AND OTHER INTERNAL FITTINGS. ELECTRIC LIGHTS POWERED BY ENGINE HOUSE AT RENNEY/LENTNEY CAMP.

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