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The Johore Battery was a former British coastal artillery battery located in Changi on the easternmost side of mainland Singapore. It consisted of three large BL 15-inch Mk.
Johore Battery was built in the late 1930s as part of Singapore’s coastal defence system. It comprised three 15-inch guns, known as “monster guns”. Although the battery was meant to stop enemy attacks from the sea, two of its guns could be rotated to fire landward.
Built in the late 1930s, Johore Battery was the main artillery battery of the British coastal artillery defence network. It was located at Cosford Road in Changi on the northeastern coast of Singapore, off Upper Changi Road North.
The fall of Singapore is something we hope we never to have to experience again, but revisiting landmarks from that era is a good way to remember that.
Built by the British in 1939 for the defence of Singapore, the Johore Battery is a gun emplacement site consisting of a labyrinth of tunnels. The tunnels were used to store ammunition to support three monster guns that could fire 15-inch shells.
The Johor Battery (or Johore in English) is a historic site where there were three monster guns; 15 inch cannons. It's very easy to get to. Take the MRT to Tanah Merah, hop of and cross the street in front of the station.
Completed in the late 1930s, Johore Battery was part of Singapore’s coastal defense system. It comprised of three 15-inch guns, known as ‘Monster Guns’. Some of the other major coastal batteries were the Pasir Laba Battery, Labrador Battery and the Fort Siloso Battery.
You Are Here: Front Page / Batteries & Defences / Johore 15 Inch BL Battery Changi 1924 During a 1923 survey for potential sites for fixed armaments, direct and indirect fire, to protect the planned Naval Base, the Changi area was one of several areas of Singapore surveyed.
In February 1937, the Committee for Imperial Defence gave completion dates for the Battery now known as the Johore Battery after the gift from the Sultan of Johore. Two guns were due to be complete by August 1937, and the third by November 1937.
The Johore Battery was a former British coastal artillery battery located in Changi on the easternmost side of mainland Singapore. It consisted of three large BL 15-inch Mk.
