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The main purpose of the guns was to prevent an attack on Singapore Island and the important Naval Base from the sea. A popular myth after the loss of Singapore in February 1942 was that the guns were "impressive but useless: the guns on Singapore pointed the wrong way" [25] and hence could not fire on the advancing Japanese. In reality this was ...
His Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, also Her Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore (HMNB Singapore), alternatively known as the Singapore Naval Base, Sembawang Naval Base and HMS Sembawang, was situated in Sembawang at the northern tip of Singapore and was both a Royal Navy shore establishment and a cornerstone of British defence policy (the Singapore strategy) in the Far East between the World Wars.
Fort Siloso is a decommissioned coastal artillery battery in Sentosa, Singapore. It consists of 12 such batteries which made up "Fortress Singapore" at the start of World War II, and saw action during the Battle of Singapore. The fort is now a military museum open to the public. [1]
To counter this, the Admiralty devised the Singapore strategy, which required a well equipped naval base. [1] Accordingly, the Singapore Naval Base was constructed on the north shore of Singapore Island. The base, and its associated defences, required a large British military presence on the island. [2] Fort Canning Hill was used by the British ...
Most planning focused on the first phase, which involved the fortification of Singapore. For the second phase, a naval base capable of supporting a fleet was required. While the United States had constructed a graving dock capable of taking battleships at Pearl Harbor between 1909 and 1919, the Royal Navy had no such base east of Malta. [5]
Basic Military Training Centre School I (BMTC School 1) Basic Military Training Centre School II (BMTC School 2) Basic Military Training Centre School III (BMTC School 3) Rocky Hill Camp: Basic Military Training Centre School IV (BMTC School 4) Maju Camp: Clementi: 9th Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment (9 SIR) [22]
Fort Pasir Panjang or Labrador Battery is located within Labrador Park at the southern tip of Singapore island. It was one of the 11 coastal artillery forts built by the British in the 19th century to defend the western passageway into Keppel Harbour against piracy and foreign naval powers.
Woodlands Naval Base was a military base of the Royal Malaysian Navy in Woodlands, Singapore.It is on the opposite side of the Singapore Strait from Johor Bahru.This base served as the first headquarters of the Royal Navy Malay Section (then name of the Royal Malaysian Navy) from 1952 until 9 September 1984, when the headquarters relocated to Lumut, Perak.