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Bore: 9.2-inch
Range: 30,000 yards
In service: 1944-1957
Number in Service: 4
Purchased during World War Two, the 9.2 inch guns were standard coastal defence armament throughout the British Empire. Originally plans were made for nine guns to be purchased, but the order for three was eventually cancelled leaving the three completed forts with only two guns each. Plans for three to be installed around Lyttelton never went beyond a basic survey. The guns were scrapped in the late 1950s and no examples remain in New Zealand.
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Description: Gun installation at Wrights Hill, 1944
Reference: Wrights Hill Restoration Society
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Description: Gun installation at Wrights Hill, 1944
Reference: Wrights Hill Restoration Society
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Gun installation at Wrights Hill, 1944
Reference: Wrights Hill Restoration Society
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Gun installation at Wrights Hill, 1944
Reference: Wrights Hill Restoration Society
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Gun installation at Wrights Hill, 1944
Reference: Wrights Hill Restoration Society
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Description: Gun installation at Wrights Hill, 1944
Reference: Wrights Hill Restoration Society
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Description: Gun emplacement, 1957
Reference: Gun emplacement at the army fort on Wrights Hill, Karori, Wellington, including two men in military uniform. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1957/3409-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22858940
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Description: Gun mechanism, 1957
Reference: Man in military uniform showing gun mechanism at the Army Fort on Wrights Hill, Karori, Wellington. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1957/3409b-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23150807
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Description: Breech of the gun, 1957
Reference: Man in military uniform showing gun mechanism at the Army Fort on Wrights Hill, Karori, Wellington. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1957/3408-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22853020
Copyright status: Unknown - see National Library website
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