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  • Old Portuguese guns
      • (Premier Login nuyt)
      Forum Owner
      Posted May 3, 2006 7:34 PM

      Two rusty old Portuguese artillery batteries remain in Sao Vicente Island, Capeverdean Republic. Pictures from www.mindelo.info
      A coastal battery at Joao Ribeiro, behind the repair yard Cabnave:



      And an AA battery at Alto de Sao Joao, occupied now by some squatter families:


      Can anybody ID the guns?
      It is not completely surprising there are some fortifications on the island. I suppose they were built during WW2, when the German U-boots sheltered in the bay.
      Enjoy,
      Nuyt
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