Wrights Hill | by Peter Cooke

Description

New Zealand’s 9.2 – inch Coast Defence Batteries

A professional referenced history of the 9.2 inch counter-bombardment battery built to defend Wellington Harbour and Cook Strait in the 1940s.

The book covers the rise in need for it, selection of the site, construction and importing the equipment, installation of the equipment and proof firing, and the facility’s later life after its military career ended.

Pages: 144

Published: 2020