Baterías de costa del Golfo Ártabro are located along the gulf of the same name and were an important artillery complex intended to defend the Naval Base and military shipyards of Ferrol. They were constructed to serve as a deterrent for warships, protecting the Arsenal of Ferrol, a site of critical strategic importance where a large part of the fleet was moored.
The Plan de Artillado y Defensa de las Bases Navales de Ferrol, Cartagena y Mahón was signed by Primo de Rivera in 1926, continuing the maritime tradition of the city as a naval base. In 1926, the government of Primo de Rivera bought eighteen naval cannons of the model 1926 from the company Vickers Armstrong, which in Spain were renamed Cañones Vickers 381/45.
Each of these cannons was mounted in pairs within the complex, which also included smaller caliber pieces. The site included several batteries: Campelo Alto was disarmed between 1940 and 1941; Prior Sur and Lobateiras were disarmed in 1997; and San Pedro remains preserved, though it is out of service.
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