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Pom Phi Sua Samut Island -
Phi Suea Samut fortress |
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ป้อมผีเสื้อสมุทร |
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Phi Sua Samut fort |
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Coast Defense Fortress built by King Rama V. This island
fortress served as a last line of defense for Bangkok in the
event an enemy naval force got past Chulachomklao / Pak Nam
Fortress. Phi Suea Samut Fort was armed with three Armstrong
"disappearing" guns, which have been restored. Fort Phi Suea
Samut is a naval installation on an island in the Chao Phraya
River. The fort is at the southern tip of the island. Like Fort
Phra Chulachomklao, Fort Phi Suea Samut has underground gun pits
linked by a network of tunnels. The two newest forts Forts Phra
Chulachomklao and Phi Suea Samut were armed with ten Armstrong
BL 6-inch 30 caliber guns for coast defense designed by Elswick
Ordnance Company in the United Kingdom and obtained by King Rama
V at great expense. The type installed in the two Pak Nam forts
had a rifled barrel and was rear-loaded. The 152.4 mm caliber
gun had a maximum range of 7300 m and a crew of 10 men. The guns
were installed as disappearing guns or disappearing carriages.
The gun carriage enabled the gun to rotate backwards and down
into a pit protected by a parapet after it was fired. This
retraction lowered the gun from view by the enemy while it was
being reloaded. It also made reloading easier, since it lowered
the breech to a level just above the loading platform, and
shells could be rolled right up to the open breech for loading
and ramming. The disadvantage of the guns in the two forts was
their maximum elevation of 20 degrees which had a drastic limit
on its maximum range of 7.3 Kilometers. Lowering of the gun for
reloading also slowed down the rate of fire, crucial at a time
when fighting ships were increasing in speed. This limitation
could have had a telling effect in the impending encounter.
Three months after these new guns were installed; they would
fire their first shots during the Pak Nam incident.
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Samut Prakan |
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Phra Samut Chedi |
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Pak
Khlong Bang Pla Kot |
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Free |
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