World War II Battery

World War II Battery (HM1I9A)

Location: St. John's, Newfoundland and Lab A0A 1J0 Division No. 1
Country: Canada
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N 47° 31.421', W 52° 37.257'

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Batterie del a IIième Guerre mondaile

— Fort Cape Spear / Le fort du cap Spear —

English
In 1940, the American and Canadian Joint Board of Defence decided to protect the approaches to St. John's harbour by installing heavy artillery at Cape Spear. Gun emplacements, magazines, and shelters were constructed by 1941 as well as barracks, messhalls, canteens, and administration buildings. "A" troop of the 103rd Coast Defence Battery of Royal Canadian Artillery was stationed at Fort Cape Spear and a small detachment of Americans manned the anti-aircraft searchlights. Enemy submarines attacked allied shipping in nearby waters, but Fort Cape Spear never saw action and many of the troops were transferred to the European front by mid-1943. Home defence personnel manned the site until May 1945 and the last troops departed a month later. They left it as they found it, "cold, clammy, foggy and miserable."


French
En 1940, la Commission permanente canada-américaine sur défense décidait de protéger les accès au port de Saint-Jean en installant une artillerie lourde au cap Spear. C'est ainsi que l'année suivante, le cap se trouva doté d'emplacement de canons, de dépôts, d'abris, ce casernes, de mess, de cantines et de bâtiments administratifs. On y mit en poste la troupe "A" de la 103 batterie de défense côtière de l'artillerie royale canadienne ainsi qu'un petit détachement de soldats américains chargés de projecteurs antiaériens. Des sous-marins attaquèrent de navires alliés dans le eaux avoisinantes, mais le fort fur jamais impliqué directement dans un combat. Vers le milieu de 1943, un bonne partie des soldats du cap Spear avaient été mutés sur le front européen. La relève fut assurée par le Service territorial jusqu'en mai 1945. Les derniers soldats quittèrent le fort mois plus tard, laissant les lieux tels qu'ils se voient trouvés: "froids, humides, brumeux et désolés".
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Date Added Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 at 1:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)22T E 377977 N 5264635
Decimal Degrees47.52368333, -52.62095000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 47° 31.421', W 52° 37.257'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds47° 31' 25.26" N, 52° 37' 15.42" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1510-1610 Blackhead Rd, St. John's Newfoundland and Lab A0A 1J0, CA
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