page_title: Johore Battery
hierarchical_section_title: Johore Battery
caption_attribution_description: One of Singapore's 15 inch coastal defence guns elevated for firing.
context_page_description: The Johore Battery was a former British coastal artillery battery located in Changi on the easternmost side of mainland Singapore. It consisted of three large BL 15-inch Mk. I naval guns installed on land by the British government in the late 1930s to defend the approaching path to the east of the island to their large naval base located at Sembawang in the north from an attacking enemy naval force.
context_section_description: The Johore Battery was a former British coastal artillery battery located in Changi on the easternmost side of mainland Singapore. It consisted of three large BL 15-inch Mk. I naval guns installed on land by the British government in the late 1930s to defend the approaching path to the east of the island to their large naval base located at Sembawang in the north (accessed via the Johor Straits) from an attacking enemy naval force.
caption: One of Singapore's five 15-inch coastal-defence guns elevated for firing, probably some time in 1941 or 1942.
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