The Saluting Battery (Maltese: Batterija tas-Salut) is an artillery battery in Valletta, Malta. It was constructed in the 16th century by the Order of...
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Saluting Battery may refer to: Saluting Battery, Gibraltar Saluting Battery (Valletta), Malta This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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(Maltese: Sur ta' Lascaris), is an artillery battery located on the east side of Valletta, Malta. The battery was built by the British in 1854, and it is...
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Valletta (/vəˈlɛtə/ və-LET-ə; Maltese: il-Belt Valletta, pronounced [vɐlˈlɛttɐ]) is the capital city of Malta and one of its 68 council areas. Located...
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standards are currently adhered to by ground-based saluting batteries. Multiples of 21-gun salutes may be fired for particularly important celebrations...
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Missionary College Saint Peter's Battery Saint Publius Parish Church Saint Thomas Tower Salina, Malta Saluting Battery (Valletta) Same-sex marriage in Malta...
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List of fortifications in Malta (section Batteries)
Battery in Fort Saint Angelo Grunenburgh's Batteries in Fort Saint Angelo, Valletta and Senglea Low Battery in the Cittadella Several other batteries...
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fortifications of Valletta (Maltese: Is-Swar tal-Belt Valletta) are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround Valletta, the capital...
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mounted in original positions at Fort Nelson, Hampshire. The Saluting Battery in Valletta, Malta was equipped with SBBL 32-pounders from 1906 to 1927....
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Upper Barrakka Gardens (category Geography of Valletta)
which was built in the 1560s. The bastion's lower tier contains the Saluting Battery. The garden's terraced arches were built in 1661 by the Italian knight...
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Battery and Xlendi Tower. Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna also restored a number of Maltese fortifications, including the Saluting Battery and Rinella Battery...
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HMS Glory (R62) (section Saluting guns)
four guns were removed and supplied to HMS Caledonia for use as a saluting battery. The four guns were described as "Ordnance, quick firing, Hotchkiss...
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quiet fishing village on the peninsula across Marsamxett Harbour from Valletta and has views of the capital city. The population began to grow in 1853...
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Lascaris War Rooms (category Buildings and structures in Valletta)
when a series of tunnels under the Upper Barrakka Gardens and the Saluting Battery that had been used as slave quarters during the Hospitaller period...
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were repelled by the Maltese. Throughout the siege, the guns of Valletta's Saluting Battery were trained on Corradino to counter the insurgents. The Grand...
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On 12 September 1634, a Hospitaller gunpowder factory in Valletta, Malta accidentally blew up, killing 22 people and causing severe damage to a number...
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courses, Ceremonial Saluting guns courses and AAMG courses. All the AFM ceremonial activities that involve the firing of the saluting guns are performed...
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died at Valletta on 11 November 1831, while the acting governor. He was honoured with a public funeral, and was buried in the old saluting battery overlooking...
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March 1791. Every Saturday, the Saluting Battery at the Upper Barracca Garden in Valletta, Malta, fires a noonday salute using an 1807 Blomefield 24-pounder...
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Saint James Cavalier (category Buildings and structures in Valletta)
cavalier until around 1800, when they began to be fired from the nearby Saluting Battery. In 1686, during the magistracy of Gregorio Carafa, a small building...
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French Valletta (Saluting Battery) Floriana Lines (Porte des Bombes) Cottonera Lines Fort Manoel Fort Ricasoli Fort Tigné Maltese & British Capuchin Convent...
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May 1911, and was completed in September 1912. She was armed with a main battery of twelve 12-inch (305 mm) guns and capable of a top speed of 20.5 kn (38...
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number of batteries to bombard French positions and prevent a counterattack, including Għargħar Battery, Ta' Għemmuna Battery and several batteries at Sliema...
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were provided with 150 rounds per gun. Four 3-pounder (1.9 in [47 mm]) saluting guns were also carried. The ships were equipped with three 21-inch submerged...
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warfare. A single 12-pounder 8-cwt field gun and four 3-pounder Hotchkiss saluting guns rounded out the armament. Armour plating consisted of side belts 3-inch...
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main gun turrets, all in single mounts. Four 3-pounder (1.9 in (47 mm)) saluting guns were also carried. The ships were equipped with three 21-inch (533 mm)...
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weeks, the ship visited Cannes, Genoa, Toulon, Athens, Istanbul, Beirut, Valletta, Taranto, Palma, and Pollensa Bay in Spain. She sailed on 1 July for the...
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actor – Valentino's syndrome. Jean Parisot de Valette, French nobleman – Valletta. Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian physician – Valsalva maneuver, Valsalva...
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April, a gun salute was held at noon at the Upper Barrakka Saluting Battery overlooking the Grand Harbour in Valletta. The nine-gun salute – one for each...
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distinguished by the Hyack Anvil Battery Salute, a tradition created during colonial times as a surrogate for a 21-gun salute: Gunpowder is placed between...
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