O'Hara's Gun Battery, Rock of Gibraltar - (IKS Gibraltar trip episode 6)
there she is hello I look at these cracks in here not the bunker in it not that big though thankfully it's World War II is it little Lookout little fire little fire and Port British forces wow I can't get over the view Lovely isn't it so yeah he needs to get in that sooner rather than later oh here's battery oh oh right bit weird there's quite big tunnels under this is there yeah look that that's a gun is it eng9 well that's uh I love that smell of the the first shot from one of her 4in guns hit the rock some 30 M below the tower in order to gain greater elevation the ship was removed from its carriage in six shots were fired in the tower two went over the top three crashed into the rock below and the sixth shot was a bull eye it hit the center of the Tower and left it a ruin the ship then sailed away so that he would not get Field of Fire of that it was planned to position close by the unusual process was not however what was originally in position in 1890 a gun was mounted in what became known the introduction of 9.2 in guns at jaor was one consequence of a report by General Nicholson and General in 1888 the generals recomended that the number of different types of and guns could be operated man there's your fuel [Music] tanks fuel tanks oh W oh it goes down there down that's door that's a big extraction fan isn't it oh wow good spot that smell I love it it reminds me of the um Portsmith fuel bunker in here it says engine room electrical distribution switchb right says brast warm down oh yeah breaker switches on not 35 look that's 500 volts wow it's pretty mad isn't it these are the boards that you can stand on so you're not grounded so you won't get a shock oh is it something like that yeah 19 at 33 yeah there you go another war department sign pump so you pump the fuel out the tanks into the engine handle missing [Music] I love that smell Jesus F your head wow look at that Je the Tiny Steps at the side it's a bit narrow isn't it it is the cables on the floor huge aren they you okay yeah watch that floor there oh oh you okay yeah it's cuz I'm wearing this hat I can't see the tip of it not 34 again it's 1930 lawence Scott gauges so this is a motor I think generator it's a [Music] motor doesn't say does it it says motor oh do it oh there you go I didn't even see that you know what these are CS CO2 canisters so air air Reservoir air delivery Air Supply pressure same thought it was something else whoops so these are air what was you going to say CO2 so when when a fire happens on the engine it puts it out but you know so that's fair enough is that how do you say that is it Gorge or Gage Gage Gage gor I just come up there you yeah that's the old um shell hoise thing isn't it powder 198 1984 42 it's 84 four there plaque 84 oh somebody stood there take you to the gun position at the top you see The Rock in there yeah the Hoist powder goes up oh it's the shells yeah is shell hoist there you go motor M DC 1934 26 where what was that number oh yeah just looking at that there oh look you got your so this is um Victorian as well isn't it is it cuz you got the lamp holders like in Citadel battery early 1900s I thought it was all cheese yeah powder isn't it does it say this is powder storage room isn't it these things here but I smell nice you like that yeah is that a door py or something yeah this is Victorian isn't it is it g position cuz it's just it's exactly the same as like the Citadel battery and that that's not but I've seen that before in other ones so The Powder Room folks very nice it's quite funny you got a little barrier there you put the barrier down coat hooks or equipment hooks we what's it called the old H pass powder through the hatch for the guns then the blower come around here and feed it to the machine and up it goes folks ready step yeah wellow that's bright H let's have a look yeah oh God I'm struggling to see sunglasses B yeah it's harder to film with that though that's the only unfortunate thing oh easy on honey bun you go underneath it here see that's where we just looked up when we was in the bottom bit do you remember the ladder oh yes in there is that speaking tube is all right head yeah got to watch my head she G by it's pretty intense what's that oh Elevate the bush out TR [Music] there the expense magazines yeah made in ity while not too far away though no British it's quite what is that ticking sound oh bikes there you go look breach of the gun up there that's pretty big yeah center of it you see that's how the Citadel battery one would have been as well pinned down with the big bolts look oh yeah is that not this big I don't think bit smaller PL yeah I'll just take a picture looks very inviting shame we can't go up to the top of the pit top of the gum bit there's the other gun look that's where he was before he went through that tunnel near the engine room isn't it oh yeah yeah I think so electric electricity going in for some reason fuse box what' you reckon lights Windows oh fire buckets eh W yeah toilet let's have a little look there someone in there hello stop go back a tiny bit there oh yeah 1789 looks like sort of a ventilation or something is it there that's that extra that fan we saw at the bottom oh yeah that big one I said um extraction or something it that's what that is yeah Sun's to yeah it's getting really bad I mean the camera's struggling it's too bright for it this is all like corated shape is it it is yeah this this would have been I didn't even notice that so it would have been the same s another Little Shelter niss Hut style right here this watch the step look at this plaque that's 2,000 that's basically one of them guns though isn't it yeah yeah I was going to say we'll be a to look through that would we how do you prefer that zo right now all right so that's that [Music] [Music] oh [Music]
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