page_title: Fort San Lucian
section_title: Entrenchment and redoubt
hierarchical_section_title: Fort San Lucian / History / Entrenchment and redoubt
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of St. Lucian Redoubt, St. Lucian Entrenchment, Fort Rohan and Vendôme Redoubt in Marsaxlokk Bay, Malta, during the French blockade in 1799. Today, St. Lucian Entrenchment &amp; Redoubt have been demolished, Fort Rohan has been rebuilt as Fot San Lucian, while Vendôme Redoubt remains intact.
context_page_description: Fort San Lucian, also known as Saint Lucian Tower or Fort Rohan, is a large bastioned watchtower and polygonal fort in Marsaxlokk, Malta. The original tower was built by the Order of Saint John between 1610 and 1611, being the second of six Wignacourt towers.
  An artillery battery was added in around 1715, and the complex was upgraded into a fort in the 1790s. In the 1870s, the fort was rebuilt by the British in the polygonal style. Saint Lucian Tower is the second largest watchtower in Malta, after Saint Thomas Tower. Today, the tower and fort are used by the Malta Aquaculture Research Centre.
context_section_description: During the French blockade of 1798-1800, Fort Rohan was chosen by the British (who were allied to the Maltese insurgents against the French) as a supply base and an evacuation point in the case of the arrival of a French relief force. The plan was that as soon as French reinforcements were to arrive, British soldiers of the 30th and 89th Regiments of Foot would gather at San Rocco Battery, and they would retreat to Żabbar under the cover of San Rocco Redoubt. From there, they were to go to Żejtun, and then to Fort Rohan, from where they would embark on their ships in Marsaxlokk Harbour and evacuate the island.
  For this purpose, Saint Lucian Entrenchment was built stretching from near Ferretti Battery to Vendôme Redoubt, effectively cutting off the tower's peninsula from the rest of the island. The entrenchment was built in 1799 by the British military with the assistance of the Maltese engineer Matteo Bonavia. A diamond shaped redoubt, known as Saint Lucian Redoubt, was built some distance ahead of the entrenchment, to provide cover for retreating forces. Both the redoubt and the entrenchment were demolished after the blockade, and no traces of them can be seen today.
caption: Map of St. Lucian Entrenchment and Redoubt, in relation to Fort Rohan and Vendôme Redoubt
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