Coast Defense Artillery

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Summary in Service:

Type 1: 1 Installation
Type 2: 8 Installations
Type 3: 8 Installations
Type 4: 16 Installations
Type 5: 8 Installations

By Protected Location:

(Note that any and all of these locations are likely to also be protected by command detonated minefields)

The Dardenelles:
   - 280mm guns: 4 guns near Canakkale, 2 guns at the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula at Seddulbahir, 2 guns near Kumkale on the opposite shore of the mouth of the Dardenelles
   - 150mm guns: 8 guns near Canakkale, 4 guns at Seddulbahir, 4 guns at Kumkale.

Istanbul (Constantinople):
   - 280mm guns: 4 guns at the Rumelihisari NE of Istanbul on the Bosporus.
   - 250mm guns: 4 guns in Istanbul, 4 guns at Anadoluhisari on opposite shore from Rumelihisari
   - 150mm guns: 8 guns in Istanbul
   - 105mm guns: 4 guns at the Rumelihisari

Izmir (aka Smyrna):
   - 280mm guns: 2 guns to W
   - 250mm guns: 2 guns to W
   - 150mm guns: 8 guns to W

Samsun:
   - 280mm guns: 2 (on Cedit Mountain)
   - 250mm guns: 2 (on Cedit Mountain)
   - 150mm guns: 4 (on Cedit Mountain)

Jeddah:
   - 250mm guns: 2 guns on peninsula SW of the city
   - 150mm guns: 4 guns on peninsula SW of the city

Murad (SW Point of Arabian Peninsula)
   - 280mm guns: 2 guns
   - 150mm guns: 4 guns

Ar Ru'ays (Northern tip of Qatar Peninsula)
   - 250mm guns: 2 guns
   - 150mm guns: 4 guns

Leymosun (Southern Cyprus)
   - 150mm guns: 4 guns

Beirut
   - 150mm guns: 4 guns

   

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Type 1:

Twin 280mm Gun batteries emplaced on disappearing mounts with 4 105mm guns on casemate mounts.

Location: Rumelihisari - A and C (Rumelian Castle), 9 km NE of Istanbul on European side of Bosporus
Number: 1 (total of 2 280mm guns, 4 105mm guns)
Constructed in 1914

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Type 2:

Twin 280mm Gun batteries emplaced on disappearing mounts.

Locations:
Hamidiye Tabyasi Canakkale A (Fort adjacent to Canakkale on the Dardanelles) - 2 Guns
Hamidiye Tabyasi Canakkale B - 2 Guns
Seddulbahir A (At the very tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula) - 2 Guns
Kumkale A (Opposite shore from Seddulbahir) - 2 guns
Rumelihisari B - 2 guns
Izmir A (High in the hills west of Izmir) - 2 guns
Samsun C - 2 guns
Murad A (The very SW point of the Arabian Peninsula, near Aden) - 2 guns

Total Number of Batteries: 8 (total of 16 guns)
Constructed in 1918-1919

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Type 3:

Twin 250mm Gun batteries, emplaced on disappearing mounts.

Locations:

Istanbul A (In the City) - 2 guns
Istanbul B (In the City) - 2 guns
Anadoluhisari A (Opposite the Rumelihisari) - 2 guns
Anadoluhisari B - 2 guns
Izmir B - 2 guns
Samsun B - 2 guns
Jeddah A (On small peninsula SW of Jeddah) - 2 guns
Ar Ru'ays A - 2 guns

Total Number of Batteries: 8 (total of 16 guns)
Constructed in 1918-1919

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Type 4:

Quadruple 150mm gun batteries in casemates

Locations:

Hamidiye Tabyasi Canakkale C - 4 guns
Hamidiye Tabyasi Canakkale D - 4 guns
Samsun A - 4 guns
Anadoluhisari C - 4 guns
Anadoluhisari D - 4 guns
Seddulbahir B - 4 guns
Kumkale B - 4 guns
Istanbul C - 4 guns
Istanbul D - 4 guns
Izmir D - 4 guns
Izmir E - 4 guns
Jeddah B - 4 guns
Leymosun A (Southern Cyprus) - 4 guns
Beirut A - 4 guns
Murad B - 4 guns
Ar Ru'ays A - 4 guns

Number: 16 (total of 64 guns)
Constructed in 1918

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Type 5:

Twin 305mm gun batteries on disappearing mounts

Locations: TBD
Number: 8 (total of 16 guns)
Constructed in 1919-1920