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"The most important naval fortress in the British Empire". The fortification of the Firth of Forth 1880-1977. A talk by Dr Gordon Barclay.

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"Yet in 1916 the Forth became the most powerful naval fortress – most powerful whether measured by armament, by garrison, or by any other standard – in the British Empire, and probably, therefore, in the World." General George K Scott-Moncrieff, Director, Fortifications & Works, War Office, 1911-1918. Chambers’s Journal (1922) Gordon's talk...