El Toro Type - 3 installations

Conqueror Type - 2 installations

Model 1909 Type - 26 installations

El Leon

Punta de Ola Grande

El Toro Type

Fortresses designed to defend key strategic naval positions.  It can be assumed that a degree of fortification for a defending garrison also exists - probably on the brigade scale.

Mk 1 Fire Control was added in 1917.

El Toro, built 1901-02 at Esmeraldas
El Tigre, built 1902-03 at San Miguelito
El Morro, built 1903-04 at Havana

Data derived from Springstyle (simmed as immobile battery):

Main battery:       4 x 30.5-cm (4 x 1)
    Secondary battery:  8 x 14.0-cm
    QF battery:        12 x 10.0-cm
    Light battery:     16 x  4.7-cm

         Weight of broadside: 2068 kg

    Battery armor:
         Main, 32.0 cm / secondary, 16.0 cm
         QF, 5.0 cm / light guns, 3.0 cm shields

Distribution of weights:

         Armament .........................    569 tonnes
         Armor (Armament) .................   1460 tonnes
         Fuel, ammunition, stores .........    636 tonnes
                                           
Total Weight:  .............................   2665 tonnes

Conqueror Type

Fortresses designed both to defend the key ports of Cromwell and Cartagena, and also to appease domestic gun manufacturers when the Armada initially selected Russian 356mm guns for its next battleship class.  As it turned out, the President over-ruled the Armada after the guns had been ordered, and insisted that a 12" armed ship be laid down.  Eight of the Russian guns, already paid for, were diverted to the fortresses instead.

Mk 1 fire control was added in 1917.

The Conqueror, built 1907 at Cromwell
El Castillo de San Felipe, built 1908 at Cartagena

Data derived from Springsharp (simmed as immobile battery):

1803 t for armor, armament, ammo and stores
cost is $6.89 + installation of $1.80

Displacement:
   -386 t light; 0 t standard; 0 t normal; 0 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
   0.00 ft / 0.00 ft x 0.00 ft x 0.00 ft (normal load)
   0.00 m / 0.00 m x 0.00 m  x 0.00 m

Armament:
     4 - 14.02" / 356 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1,376.64lbs / 624.43kg shells, 1908 Model
     Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
     on centreline ends, evenly spread
     8 - 5.51" / 140 mm guns in single mounts, 83.72lbs / 37.98kg shells, 1908 Model
     Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
     on side, all amidships
     16 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns in single mounts, 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1908 Model
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
     on side, evenly spread
     8 - 1.85" / 47.0 mm guns in single mounts, 3.17lbs / 1.44kg shells, 1908 Model
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts
     on side, evenly spread
   Weight of broadside 6,690 lbs / 3,034 kg
   Shells per gun, main battery: 100

Armour:
  - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   12.6" / 320 mm   7.87" / 200 mm      12.6" / 320 mm
   2nd:   3.94" / 100 mm         -         3.94" / 100 mm
   3rd:   0.98" / 25 mm         -               -
   4th:   0.98" / 25 mm         -               -

Machinery:
   Immobile floating battery

Complement:
   0 - 0

Cost:
   £0.689 million / $2.756 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 836 tons, 0.0 %
   Armour: 581 tons, 0.0 %
      - Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Armament: 581 tons, 0.0 %
      - Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
   Machinery: 0 tons, 0.0 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: -1,804 tons, 0.0 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 386 tons, 0.0 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Model 1909 Coastal Battery

Modest coastal batteries intended to protect ports from raiders and pirates, and to make life difficult for more powerful would-be attackers.

Battery Manaus (Amazonas del Sur), installed 1909
Battery Puerto Enrico (Amazonas del Sur), installed 1909
Battery Parantins (Amazonas del Sur), installed 1909
Battery Valparaiso (Coquimbo), installed 1909
Battery Avarua (Polynesia), installed 1909
Battery Pago Pago (Polynesia), installed 1909
Battery Serena (Coquimbo), installed 1909
Battery Ciudad Jorge (Guyana), installed 1910
Battery Fort-du-France (Martinique), installed 1910
Battery Cayenne (Guayana Francesa), installed 1910
Battery Montego Bay (Jamaica), installed 1910
Battery Ciudad de Rey (Kingstown, St. Vincent), installed 1910
Battery La Guaira (Venezuela), installed 1910
Battery Urucara (Amazonas del Sur), installed 1910
Battery Puerto Ayora (Galapagos), installed 1910
Battery Matanzas (Cuba), installed 1910
Battery Cienfuegos (Cuba), installed 1910
Battery Manzanillo (Cuba), installed 1910
Battery Santiago de Cuba (Cuba), installed 1910/11
Battery Port Antonio (Jamaica), installed 1910/11
Battery Port Maria (Jamaica), installed 1910/11
Battery Black River (Jamaica), installed 1910/11
Battery Banana (Zaire), installed 1917
Battery Goma (Zaire), installed 1917
Battery Matadi (Zaire), installed 1917
Battery Ciudad Alberto (Montana), installed 1917

Battery 1909, "laid down" 1909

Displacement:
   -45 t light; 0 t standard; 0 t normal; 0 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
   0.00 ft / 0.00 ft x 0.00 ft x 0.00 ft (normal load)
   0.00 m / 0.00 m x 0.00 m  x 0.00 m

Armament:
     6 - 5.51" / 140 mm guns in single mounts, 83.72lbs / 37.98kg shells, 1909 Model
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts
     on centreline ends, evenly spread
     2 - 2.56" / 65.0 mm guns in single mounts, 8.38lbs / 3.80kg shells, 1909 Model
     Breech loading anti-airship guns in deck mounts
     on side, all amidships
     3 - 1.85" / 47.0 mm guns in single mounts, 3.17lbs / 1.44kg shells, 1909 Model
     Quick-firing guns in deck mounts
     on side, evenly spread
   Weight of broadside 529 lbs / 240 kg
   Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
  - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   0.98" / 25 mm         -               -
   2nd:   0.98" / 25 mm         -               -
   3rd:   0.39" / 10 mm         -               -

Machinery:
   Immobile floating battery

Complement:
   0 - 0

Cost:
   £0.054 million / $0.216 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 66 tons, 0.0 %
   Armour: 22 tons, 0.0 %
      - Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Armament: 22 tons, 0.0 %
      - Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
   Machinery: 0 tons, 0.0 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: -133 tons, 0.0 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 45 tons, 0.0 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

El Leon

Expansion to the battery at Colon undertaken in 1919.  Includes guns originally installed as an El Toro style battery, near the top of the thread.  A similar expansion was projected for El Tigre, at San Miguelito, for 1920.

El Leon, built 1903-04 and upgraded 1919 at Colon,

6x1 350mm/45 turrets
4x1 305mm/40 turrets
20x1 140mm
12x1 100mm
12x1 65mm Anti-balloon
16x1 47mm QF
12x1 37mm AA
Mk2 Fire Control

Punta de Ola Grande

A battery to defend the port of Pago Pago and the island of Tutuila in the Pacific.

6x1 305mm/45 cal on disappearing carriages around the entrance to the harbour at Fatumafuti
12x1 140mm
12x1 47mm QF
6x1 65mm Anti-balloon
6x1 37mm AA

Mk2 Fire Control

The lighter guns are divided amongst six locations around the island, marked with a red cross on the accompanying map.