Fort Pembroke

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Fort Pembroke is a 19th-century British coastal fortification in Malta that was built to defend the approaches to Marsamxett Harbour and the surrounding area.

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Label Occurrences
Fort Pembroke canonical 2

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century fortification ⓘ
coastal fortification ⓘ
polygonal fort ⓘ
armament heavy coastal artillery ⓘ
rifled muzzle-loading guns ⓘ
builtBy United Kingdom ⓘ
builtDuring 19th century ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
builtFor defence of Marsamxett Harbour approaches ⓘ
constructionEnd 1878 ⓘ
constructionStart 1875 ⓘ
controlledBy British Empire ⓘ
country Malta ⓘ
designFeature caponiers ⓘ
counterscarp gallery ⓘ
ditch ⓘ
underground magazines ⓘ
garrisonedBy British Army ⓘ
heritageStatus scheduled property (Malta) ⓘ
locatedIn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Pembroke, Malta ⓘ
locatedOn island of Malta ⓘ
linked to: Malta
materialUsed limestone ⓘ
overlooks Marsamxett Harbour ⓘ
partOf British coastal defence system in Malta ⓘ
purpose to defend the approaches to Marsamxett Harbour ⓘ
to defend the surrounding coastal area ⓘ
region Northern Harbour District, Malta ⓘ
status extant ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marsamxett Harbour → hasFortification → Fort Pembroke ⓘ
Pembroke, Malta → hasFeature → Fort Pembroke ⓘ