You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Construction of a 6-inch Canet battery was planned in spring 1914, but the guns were located in Isosaari instead. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. The island's central location and size made it the most heavily armed coastal fort and it was part of the plans for expanding Krepost Sveaborg already in 1909.

For the 10 inch guns the average distance between guns is 40 m (131 ft), but on smaller island such as Katajaluoto the guns are only 30 m (98 ft) apart while the larger Isosaari battery (No 1) has guns 50 m (164 ft) apart. The first 10-inch battery is located on the south-western tip of the island, while the other two batteries are on the south-eastern shore. Many batteries have an icon closet framed with granite. if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us. Of the coastal forts, all main line of defence islands except Pyöräsaari and Harmaja are still in military use and forbidden from civilians, and Harmaja is used by the Finnish Maritime Administration as a pilot station. [1]:15–17[3][7][8], At the start of the First World War Krepost Sveaborg was subordinated to the Russian 6th Army. You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways: We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. Resistance by the land owners delayed the process, and was still not fully complete by late 1916. [1]:51 The living conditions on the small, exposed islands were often poor, and the food supply was arranged from the older parts of the fortification with a week's supply of canned food, sugar and other compact food products stored on the islands. Additionally the island had 2-4 antiaircraft guns of 75 mm or 3 in (76 mm) during the war.

It is subject to change without notice. During the Second World War an inventory of the land front fortifications was conducted regarding their usefulness, with the larger shelters quarried into the rock under particular interest as facilities for war industry, emergency hospitals or storage.
Two of the mortars were transported to the land front in early 1915, and the rest were decommissioned and abandoned on their positions in 1916. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

Shelter for crew and ammunition cellars were built into and under the front parapet and the traversal walls. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Eight storage magazines housed weapons, ammunition, mines and torpedoes with a narrow gauge railway built on the island connecting them to the main pier. [1]:23–24, At the start of the war the fortification artillery units manning the fortress were organized into nine artillery companies and a machine gun detachment. Kyrgyz were mainly guards. All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. Of the approximately 35 000 Russian soldiers and sailors who were around Helsinki in January 1918 most were demobilized and sent home or simply left by 15 March. The Canet battery was relocated to Harmaja, and the 11 inch guns were used only for a short period on temporary wooden platforms. The rear of the fortress was finally protected by land fortifications, at first field fortifications on the Helsinki peninsula built in 1914, and, later, an outer line of fixed fortifications. After the Russian revolution the treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended Russia's participation in the First World War. A six-gun battery of 6 inch model 1877 siege guns on fortress carriages were transported to the land front by the end of 1914. Between 1863 and 1864 redoubts were built on Vallisaari, Kuninkaansaari and Santahamina islands.
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In 1916 the fortress was reinforced by the mine battalion from Vladivostok fortress. Unless you had anticipated the approval, the big problem with getting the GFC 500 installed is finding an installer who can do the job before the end of the year---at any price.