Princess Anne's Battery

Princess Anne's Battery
Princess Anne's Battery
Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar
Upper Rock Nature Reserve, Gibraltar
	One of four guns at Princess Anne's Battery, with the Rock in background
	Diagram of Princess Anne's Battery with north to the left; A-Gun 1, B-Gun 2, C and D-Gun 3, E-Gun 4
	Princess Anne's Battery
Coordinates	36°08′46″N 5°20′48″W / 36.145982°N 5.346789°W
Type	Artillery Battery
Site information
Condition	Good
Site history
Built	1732
In use	Decommissioned late 20th Century

Princess Anne's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located on Willis's Plateau at the northern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, below Princess Caroline's Battery. It was named after Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, the eldest daughter of George II. However, its name is often confused with those of other batteries in the area. In 1732, guns were first mounted on the battery, which also saw action during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. Princess Anne's Battery was updated in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with the latter modernisation entailing the installation of four QF 5.25 inch guns with both anti-aircraft and coastal defence capabilities. The battery was manned into the early 1980s, after which it was decommissioned. The guns were refurbished in the early twenty-first century, and represent the world's only intact battery of 5.25 inch anti-aircraft guns. Princess Anne's and Amelia’s Battery are listed with the Gibraltar Heritage Trust.