| 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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