Fort Siloso cannons : side view
This is a photograph of three cannons or 64-pounder guns at the historic Fort Siloso, located on the northwestern tip of Sentosa Island which used to be a fortress to protect the port of Singapore. Title devised by Library staff.
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All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2004.
Subjects
- Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types>>Military Sites
- Events>>Historical Periods>>World War II and Japanese Occupation (1939-1945)
- Law and government>>Security
- Ordnance--Singapore--Photographs
- Military museums--Singapore--Sentosa--Photographs
Suggested Pictures
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Fort Siloso military barrack exhibit : interior -
Cannon, 1870s : close-up -
Fort Siloso ammunition room : exterior -
Model of a British soldier at Fort Siloso -
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Fort Siloso military operation re-enactment : general view -
Model of a soldier : front view -
Special Operations : Force 136 military office : exterior -
Sentosa Island, 1960s : two people -
Istana grounds : general view -
Changi Road North battery -
Fort Road : general view [2] -
Fort Road : general view -
Port Dickson, 1939 : general view
Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore
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Four photographs showing gun positions at Fort Siloso -
CANNONS AT FORT SILOSO WERE FIRED EIGHT TIMES TO MARK THE OFFICIAL HANDING OVER OF THE 25-POUNDER HOWITZERS BY THE 1ST INDEPENDENT LIGHT BATTERY, ROYAL ARTILLERY TO SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (SDC) GUN MUSEUM -
CANNONS AT FORT SILOSO WERE FIRED EIGHT TIMES TO MARK THE OFFICIAL HANDLING OVER OF THE 25-POUNDER HOWITZERS BY THE 1ST INDEPENDENT LIGHT BATTERY, ROYAL ARTILLERY TO SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S (SDC) GUN MUSEUM. THE CANNONS BOOMED AGAIN AFTER 32 YEARS SILENCE -
A CANNON AT THE ISTANA GROUNDS -
Four photographs showing gun positions at Batu Berlayer -
FORTRESS GUN IN SINGAPORE IN LATE 1941 BEFORE THE JAPANESE CAPTURED SINGAPORE -
FORTRESS OF KOMANDO RESORT MILITIER 041, GARUDA EMAS, INDONESIA -
SINGAPORE/MALAYAN IN WORLD WAR II. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AT THEIR 25-POUNDER FIELD GUN, EARLY 1942 -
FORTRESS OF KOMANDO RESORT MILITIER 041, GARUDA EMAS, INDONESIA -
A CEREMONY WAS HELD TO MARK THE OFFICIAL HANDING OVER OF THE 25-POUNDER HOWITZERS BY THE FIRST INDEPENDENT LIGHT BATTERY, ROYAL ARTILLERY (THE BLAZERS) TO SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S (SDC) GUN MUSEUM AT FORT SILOSO. MAJOR TONY CORNICK (LEFT) , THE BATTERY COMMANDER, AND MR KENNETH GIN (RIGHT) GENERAL MANAGER OF SDC DURING THE PRESENTATION -
Plate 6. British 6 pounder AMTB gun site at 0I32I3, destroyed before the surrender in 1942. This photograph in Appendix B illustrates a preliminary survey report of the Japanese defence plan for Singapore Island. -
SILOSO BEACH -
AT THE SENTOSA CAUSEWAY WITH A VIEW OF THE SENTOSA ISLAND IN THE BACKGROUND (EARLY 1990S) -
BRASS CANNON WITH JAWI INSCRIPTIONS -
AMERICAN USAF B29 SUPER FORTRESS HEADING FOR SINGAPORE, 1954 -
PART OF A SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WEST TO EAST SHOWING: FORT SILOSO, JARDINE STEPS, PULAU BRANI, TANJONG PAGAR (EAST WHARF) -
PART OF A SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WEST TO EAST SHOWING: FORT SILOSO, JARDINE STEPS, PULAU BRANI, TANJONG PAGAR (EAST WHARF) -
PART OF A SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WEST TO EAST SHOWING: FORT SILOSO, JARDINE STEPS, PULAU BRANI, TANJONG PAGAR (EAST WHARF) -
PART OF A SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WEST TO EAST SHOWING: FORT SILOSO, JARDINE STEPS, PULAU BRANI, TANJONG PAGAR (EAST WHARF) -
PART OF A SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WEST TO EAST SHOWING: FORT SILOSO, JARDINE STEPS, PULAU BRANI, TANJONG PAGAR (EAST WHARF) -
PART OF A SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WEST TO EAST SHOWING: FORT SILOSO, JARDINE STEPS, PULAU BRANI, TANJONG PAGAR (EAST WHARF) -
PART OF A SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WEST TO EAST SHOWING: FORT SILOSO, JARDINE STEPS, PULAU BRANI, TANJONG PAGAR (EAST WHARF) -
PART OF A SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WEST TO EAST SHOWING: FORT SILOSO, JARDINE STEPS, PULAU BRANI, TANJONG PAGAR (EAST WHARF)