During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the region of Galicia had some of the best defended coasts in the world.<\/p>\n
Within Galicia, the best defended part was the \u00c1rtabro Gulf<\/strong>, which includes the Ferrol, Betanzos and Burgo estuaries. The importance of this area is due to the naval base of the Spanish Navy in Ferrol<\/strong> and the important commercial port of the city of La Coru\u00f1a. Cape Prior, north of Ferrol, was the best defended area of the province of La Coru\u00f1a, with five batteries:<\/strong> Battery B-2 Prior Nortew, Battery B-3 Prior Sur, Battery B-5 Pe\u00f1a Roiba and th Battery e B-6 Monte Prior, in addition to two groups of projectors: Prior Norte, which we saw here<\/a>, and Prior Sur.<\/p>\n Battery B-5 Pe\u00f1a Roiba (initially called 5th Battery) was a fire support position<\/strong> for batteries with larger guns. It was one of the batteries built as a consequence of the coastal defense plan of 1926, during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. The B-5 was equipped with four Vickers model 1923 15'24 cm cannons, divided into two sections of two pieces each<\/strong>, at different levels. The cannons were installed there in 1929. The cannons were removed in 1990 and the military zone was abolished in 1998<\/a>.<\/p>\n Today the B-5, like the other Army batteries in the Cape Prior area, is abandoned.<\/strong> The YouTube channel of Bater\u00edas de Costa del Golfo \u00c1rtabro<\/a> (I recommend you subscribe, it has excellent content) has published a complete video that shows what this battery was like when it was active and how this now:<\/p>\n
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