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Fort Siloso is a museum located on the Sentosa Island of Singapore. This is the last coastal gun battery that was installed as a defense weapon along with 11 other such gun batteries at the beginning of World War II. This museum preserves many old gun shells and other weapons. It is open to the public to make you visit it and also indulge in other interesting things to do near Fort Siloso Singapore<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

About Fort Siloso<\/h2>\n
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At the beginning of World War II, there 12 coastal gun batteries that together constituted the “Fortress Singapore”. And Fort Siloso is the only coastal gun battery that is left and is restored. This fort was built in the year 1874. Fort Siloso is located on Sentosa which is a popular island on the south of the mainland of Singapore. Sentosa Island at that time was called Pulau Blakang Mati. Fort Siloso has now been converted into a military museum which is open to the public. During the time of Japanese Occupation, this fort was converted into a Prisoner of War camp. In June 2017, the Surrender Chambers located inside the fort were reopened with an exhibition and free entry.<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> Siloso Rd, Singapore 099981
\nTimings:<\/strong> 10 am to 6 pm, every day<\/p>\n

The term ‘Siloso’ has been derived from a word in the Malayan language which means ‘rock’. This name suggests to the huge rock that was there at the mouth of the harbour of Singapore. This rock was a danger and an obstacle to the ships passing near the harbour. In 1869, the Suez Canal was opened, that lead to the flourishment and expansion of trade in Singapore. And because of this reason, the need to protect the port of the country became all the more important and urgent. Major Edward Lake from the British Royal Engineers – a corporation of the British Army, prepared and presented a report on the same.<\/p>\n

Based on this report, it was decided that a fort will be built on Pulau Blakang Mati in 1874 for protecting the Keppel Harbour of Singapore. To implement the plan of fortification of the Harbour, the top of Mount Siloso was blown off to make it flattened. This was done to enable the installation of coastal-artillery gun platforms. By the year 1880s, a large number of gun batteries were installed on Mount Siloso and Mount Serapong that were kept facing the north, towards Singapore’s mainland and on Sentosa island’s coast on the north. This was basically located on the Pulau Blakang Mati which came to be a strong base for British naval defense forces in Singapore.<\/p>\n

By the 1880s Fort Siloso had acquired 7-inch guns and two 64-pounder guns that were automatically operated. An underground electric-powerhouse was the source of energy to this automatic system. In the 1890s, five 10-inch guns were added to the fort’s defense system. Again, in the 1930s, due to the war atmosphere, more weapons were added to the lot. This included twin 6-pounder guns, 5 large searchlights, Quick-Firing anti-torpedo-boat guns, 2 machine-gun nests and 2 twin-Lewis anti-aircraft machine guns. An Operational Tower was also added to control and give the overall command.<\/p>\n

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