Princess Royals's Battery frame

<body text="white" link="yellow" vlink="yellow"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">The remains of </font><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Princess Royal's Battery can be seen at the top right of the photograph of Princess Anne's Battery.</font> <div align="left"> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Formally called Queen Anne's or Queen's Battery, it mounted twelve guns in 1727.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">After the Great Siege it was renamed after Princess Charlotte, eldest daughter of George III who then became Princess Royal. The old Princess Royal battery was located near the entrance to the Middle Galleries. The plan of the battery was fan-like and from 1834 -1859 it mounted nine 24-pdrs, but by 1863 it had two 7 -inch RBLs and seven 32 pdrs.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">There were five 64-pdr. RMLs in 1885 and three in 1889. Later it became one of the 6-inch BL positions.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">In 1886 it was proposed to install one 6-inch BL Mark IV and the emplacement is shown on a drawing dated January 1895.</font></div> </body>