{"id":191,"date":"2021-01-09T00:07:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T23:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/copenhagen-fortifications.vestvolden.info\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2021-01-30T00:20:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T23:20:09","slug":"the-provesten-fort","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/copenhagen-fortifications.vestvolden.info\/index.php\/the-provesten-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pr\u00f6vesten Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pr\u00f6vesten Fort is the second fort on this place. The first Pr\u00f6vesten Fort was founded in 1713, when a barge of the same name was sunk as a reinforced artificial island to to provide emergency port for the navy.
\nThe facility that exists today was built in 1859-63.<\/p>\n

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The fort 1900<\/p><\/div>\n

The fort is built on an artificial island of boulders.
\nThe fort is part of the inner line of the sea fortifications. Together with the Strickers Battery, the Mellemfort, the Lynetten battery\u00a0 and Trekroner Fort, The Pr\u00f6vesten should keep enemy ships at a distance from Copenhagen and especially prevent him from penetrating into the Kongedybet – the waters between the Saltholm island and Zealand and thus the entrance to the port of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

The cannons\u00a0 were placed on open emplacements divided by five concrete traverses with magazines and rooms for the crew.
\nThe facility had observation stations and floodlights. There was a small port in the throat of the fort.<\/p>\n

The Armament<\/h5>\n

The fort has been rearmed several times.
\nJust before the First World War, the fort was armed as follows:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

17 cm. gun<\/p><\/div>\n

16 pcs. of 17 cm. steel cannons,
\n6 pcs. of 29 cm iron howitzers,
\n8 pcs. of 47 mm quick firing cannons, of which three were for the air defense.
\n1 pcs. of 75 mm cannon and 2 pcs. of machine guns for air defense as well
\n2 pcs. of 90 cm floodlights.<\/p>\n

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The armament was later reduced to twelve 17 cm,\u00a0 cannons.
\nA 75 mm cannon and three 47 mm cannons and two machine guns for the air defense.<\/p>\n

The fort was closed in 1922.<\/p>\n

The exterior<\/h5>\n\n\t\t