ADEN
Forts Ras Morbut and Ras Tarshayne, Upper El Aineh Battery, Seera Battery, Telegraph Bay Battery
No web site found for these Victorian forts & batteries - they may or may not still exist.
ASCENSION ISLAND
Fort Bedford, Fort Hayes, Fort Thornton

 AUSTRALIA

Bare Island Fort (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkVenues.aspx?venue=20080707300010025
Ben Buckler Battery (NSW) www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=5056455
Bradleys Head (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkCultExplore.aspx?id=N0039#MilitaryrelicsatBradleysHead
Flagstaff Hill Fort (NSW) www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=2700124
Georges Head Battery (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkCultExplore.aspx?id=N0039#GeorgesHeadmilitaryrelics
Henry Head Battery (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkWalking.aspx?id=N0066#HenryHeadTrack
Middle Head Fort (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkLookouts.aspx?id=N0039#MiddleHead
North Fort (NSW) www.collectionsaustralia.net/org/102/about
Fort Scratchley (NSW) fortscratchley.org
Shark Point Battery (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkAccommodation.aspx?id=N0039#SteelePointCottage
Signal Hill Battery (NSW) www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/local_history_fast_facts/s
Smiths Hill Fort (NSW) wollongongfort.org.au
Fort Lytton (Queensland) www.fortlytton.net.au
Fort Glanville (SA) www.fortglanville.com.au
Mulgrave Battery, Prince of Wales Battery, Prince Albert Battery (Tas) www.hobartcity.com.au/Recreation/Parks_and_Gardens
Queens Battery (Tas) www.hobartcity.com.au/Recreation/Bushland/Queens_Domain
Alexandra Battery (Tas) www.hobartcity.com.au/Recreation/Parks_and_Gardens
Kangaroo Bluff Battery (Tas) www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=2665
Fort Nepean, Fort Pearce (Victoria) www.melbourne.com.au/point-nepean-national-park.htm
Fort Queenscliff (Victoria) www.fortqueenscliff.com.au
South Channel Fort (Victoria) parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/point-nepean-national-park/things-to-do/south-channel-fort
Princess Royal Fortress (WA) www.albany.wa.gov.au/facilities/princess-royal-fortress

 BARBADOS

St. Anns Fort and Garrison Savannah
 http://www.barbadosgarrison.org/index.html
BERMUDA
CANADA
Macaulay Point Battery (Esquimalt) www.esquimalt.ca/parksRecreation/parks/parkDescriptions.aspx
Fort Rodd Hill (Esquimalt) fortroddhill.com
Halifax Citadel www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/ns/halifax/index.aspx
Fort McNab, Ives Point Battery (Halifax) www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/mcnab/index.aspx www.novascotiaparks.ca/parks/mcnabs.asp
York Redoubt, Connaught Battery (Halifax) www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/ns/york/index.aspx
Fort Frederick (Kingston) www.rmc.ca/cam/mus/history-histoire-eng.asp
Fort Henry (Kingston) www.forthenry.com
Prince Edward Battery (Prince Edward Island) www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=5379
Quebec Citadel www.lacitadelle.qc.ca/en.html
Lévis Fort Number 1 (Quebec) www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/levis/natcul/natcul4.aspx
Signal Hill Batteries (St. John’s Newfoundland) www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/nl/signalhill/natcul/histor.aspx
Gazetteer www.northamericanforts.com/Canada/canada.html
CEYLON - SRI LANKA
COLOMBO - Klippenburg Battery, Galle Faec Battery, Guard Battery, Enkhuysen Battery & Battenburg Battery No web site found for these Victorian batteries - they may or may not still exist
TRINCOMALEE - Fort Frederick, Fort Ostenberg, Wellesey Batery (Great Sober Island), Flagstaff Battery & Regent's Battery http://www.navy.lk/en/museum.html
GIBRALTAR
HONG KONG
 INDIA & PAKISTAN
BOMBAY - Batteries at Oyster Rock, Middle Ground, Malabar Point, Cross Island, Butcher's Island and Colaba Point No web site found for these Victorian forts & batteries - they may or may not still exist
CALCUTTA - Victorian defences did exist here - they may or may not still exist
KARACHI - Manera Fort, No web site found for these Victorian fort - it may or may not still exist
MADRAS - Fort St George & Beach Batteries No web site found for these Victorian forts & batteries - they may or may not still exist
 
JAMAICA
KINGSTON & PORT ROYAL
Victorian defences existed here together with a locally raised company of Artillery Volunteers. Whether batteries still exists?
 
KENYA
MOMBASA ISLAND Victorian defences existed here. Whether batteries still exists?
MALTA

 MAURITIUS

Port Louis - Fort George, Albert Battery, Fort William travelingluck.com/Africa/Mauritius/Port+Louis/_934491_Fort+George.html#local_map

NEW ZEALAND
North Head Batteries (Auckland) www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/auckland/central-and-south-auckland/north-head-historic-reserve
Fort Takapuna (Auckland) www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/auckland/central-and-south-auckland/fort-takapuna-historic-reserve
Fort Victoria (Auckland) www.devonportdirectory.co.nz/heritage.htm#victoria
Fort Taiaroa (Port Chalmers) www.albatross.org.nz
Harrington Point Battery (Port Chalmers) nzrifle.com/ml_harrington_point.htm
Battery Point Battery (Lyttelton) www.nzrifle.com/ml_battery_point.htm
Fort Jervois (Lyttelton) www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/canterbury/christchurch-and-banks-peninsula/fort-jervois-ripapa-island
Fort Balance (Wellington) www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=5074
Fort Buckley (Wellington) www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=7544
Halswell Battery (Wellington) www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=222
Garden Battery (Wellington) friendswbg.org.nz/downhill9.htm
Kau Point Battery (Wellington) www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=7542
Gazetteer https://sites.google.com/site/nzcoastaldefences/home
St. HELENA
 
St. LUCIA
Castries Batteries - Vigie, La Toc and Morne guidetostlucia.com/castries-st-lucia
 
SIERRA LEONE
FREETOWN - Fort Thornton Hill Victorian defences existed here together with a locally raised company of Artillery Volunteers. Whether batteries still exists?
 
SINGAPORE
 
SOUTH AFRICA
Middle North Battery (Simonstown) http://www.simonstown.org/9%20inch%20rml.html
Fort Wynyard (Cape Town) https://www.facebook.com/Fort.Wynyard/


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