Table I.
Showing the Authorized Armament as laid down by the Committee in 1900, and the Guns actually in the Fortress on January 14, 1904.
| Nature of Guns. | Number. | |||
| Authorized. | Actuals. | |||
| 10-inch of 1877 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 9-inch of 1877 | 12 | 12 | ||
| 6-inch quick-firing Canet | 20 | 20 | ||
| 6-inch of 1877 (of 68 cwt.) | 37 | 30 | ||
| 6-inch of 1877 (of 43 cwt.) | 38 | 18 | ||
| 42-line | 28 | 24 | ||
| Heavy guns of 1877 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Light field | 233 | 146 | ||
| 57-millimetre coast | 24 | 28 | ||
| 57-millimetre caponier | 84 | 14 | ||
| 11-inch howitzers of 1877 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 9-inch howitzers of 1877 | 32 | 32 | ||
| 6-inch field-howitzers | 26 | 24 | ||
| 3-line machine-guns | 48 | 38 | ||
| Total | 614 | 413[52] | ||
Table II.
Showing Allotment of Guns on Works on January 14, 1904.
In consequence of the conversions and alterations in progress, the coast batteries alone had their armament. There were eighteen[53] coast batteries—Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, Artillery, Tiger's Tail, Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Two were being finished and armed—Nos. 6 and 16.
The armament mounted consisted of:
| Mounted. | |
| 10-inch guns | 5 |
| 9-inch guns | 12 |
| 6-inch Canet | 15 |
| 6-inch (68 cwt.) | 12 |
| 57-millimetre coast guns | 28 |
| Heavy | 4 |
| 11-inch howitzers | 10 |
| 9-inch howitzers | 24 |
| —— | |
| Total ready for action | 110 |
| Being Mounted. | |
| 6-inch Canet | 5 |
| 9-inch howitzers | 8 |
| —— | |
| Total | 13 |
On the land front only two batteries were armed: