Searchlight Emplacement / Emplacement de projecteur Historical

Searchlight Emplacement / Emplacement de projecteur Historical (HM1V8C)

Location: Victoria, British Columbia V9C Capital
Country: Canada
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N 48° 25.882', W 123° 27.068'

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During the Second World War, a total of 17 modern searchlights replaced the four original defence electric lights. The 60-inch searchlight mounted in this emplacement was one of two installed at Fort Rodd Hill in 1940. Two similar searchlights were positioned on the opposite shore. Together, all four lit up the harbor mouth with wide, dispersed beams of light, allowing quick-firing guns to sight on torpedo boats.
All the searchlights were mounted in emplacements similar to this one. All had some camouflage to prevent identification from sea or air. This one was disguised as a boathouse.
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Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, 17 projecteurs modernes remplacèrent les quatre premiers projecteurs d'éclairage. Le projecteur de 60 pouces monté sur cet emplacement fut l'un des deux qui ont été installés au fort Rodd Hill en 1940. Deux projecteurs semblables furent installés sur l'autre rive. Ces quatre projecteurs éclairaient tous l'entrée du port de leur large faisceau dispersé, permettant ainsi de viser les torpilleurs à l'aide des canons à tir rapide.
Tous les projecteurs furent installés sur des emplacements semblables à celui-ci. Chacun était camouflé d'une façon ou d'une autre pour ne pas être repéré de la mer ou du haut des airs. On
avait donné à celui-ci l'apparence d'une remise à bateaux.
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Searchlight No. 6 at Fort Rodd Hill about 1943
Projecteur no 6 du fort Rodd Hill, vers 1943
Searchlight No. 6 about 1942
Projecteur no 6, vers 1942
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HM NumberHM1V8C
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Placed ByParks Canada
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Date Added Friday, October 21st, 2016 at 5:01am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)10U E 466629 N 5364344
Decimal Degrees48.43136667, -123.45113333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 48° 25.882', W 123° 27.068'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds48° 25' 52.92" N, 123° 27' 4.08" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near Fort Rodd Hill Rd, Victoria British Columbia V9C, CA
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