Coast Defence Artillery - Distribution and Location of Guns - West Africa
Colony Port No. Gun Type From Notes Until   Disposal
Gold Coast Takoradi      
    1 4-inch  01/08/1940 before August 1940; 'salvaged' 06/04/1941 dismantled, awaiting shipment to Bathurst
    2 6-inch  ex- HMS Corfu not yet installed; never received    
    1 12-pounder as at 21st July 1942 06/04/1941 to Freetown for repair then Bathurst
    1 12-pounder a second gun allocated but not sent as of 25th May 1941    
    8 4.5-inch dual as at 21st July 1942 31/05/1943 into care and maintenance, less two for training; final two 21st August 1944
    2 12-pounder A/M.T.B. 27/12/1941 confirmed as having been installed (converted guns from Lagos) 21/08/1944 into care and maintenance
    1 6-pounder twin expected delivery January 1943 21/08/1944 to be dismantled and stored at Freetown
                 
Nigeria Lagos              
    2 6-inch 01/11/1940 ex- HMS Corfu, installed November 1940 01/06/1943 by June 1943 in care and maintenance
    2 12-pounder   are these two of the four below?      
    1 4-inch      01/06/1943 by June 1943 in care and maintenance
    2 4.5-inch dual          
    4 Naval 12-pounder on AA mountings 01/05/1941 as at 21st May 1941; found unsuitable and being converted to A/M.T.B. role as of 1st July 1941; two for Lagos and two for Takoradi proposed 1st July 1941 (two Takoradi guns installed by 27th December 1941) 21/08/1944 two guns retained by Lagos went into care and maintenance
    3 5.25-inch    approved July 1942, anticipated delivery early 1943      
                 
Sierra Leone Freetown      
    2 9.2-inch 01/03/1941 March 1941, ready for action but no ammunition 21/08/1944 into care and maintenance
    1 9.2-inch expected delivery October 1943; never shipped    
    4 6-inch 01/06/1943 by June 1943 in care and maintenance
    1 4-inch  01/06/1943 by June 1943 in care and maintenance
    6 4.5-inch Four operational September 1939; two more en route, arrived by January 1941.  Appear to have been used entirely in the AA role    
    6 5.25-inch  approved July 1942, anticipated delivery early 1943; delivery updated to October/November 1942; not shipped?    
    4 12-pounder for A/M.T.B. on 29th November 1942 'being shipped shortly'; possibly never shipped?    
                 
Gambia Bathurst              
    2 5.5-inch Naval 01/06/1941 could be ready 30th June 1941 given availability of trained personnel      
    1 4-inch 01/06/1941 in action, completed test firing 01/06/1943 by June 1943 in care and maintenance
    1 12-pounder 06/06/1941 as at 21st May 1941; from Takoradi, having been repaired at Freetown? Not arrived as of 6th June 1941; expected to be in action 'shortly' as of 1st July 1941 21/08/1944 into care and maintenance
    1 L.S. 12-pounder     21/08/1944 into care and maintenance
    4 4.5-inch dual   2 installed plus 2 en route as at 21st July 1942      
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