# Tyne Turrets

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The **Tyne Turrets** were two [12-inch Mk VIII guns](/source/BL_12_inch_naval_gun_Mk_VIII) from the [battleship](/source/Battleship) [HMS *Illustrious*](/source/HMS_Illustrious_(1896)), installed in Roberts Battery at [Hartley](/source/Hartley,_Northumberland), near Seaton Sluice north of the [Tyne](/source/River_Tyne), and Kitchener Battery in [Marsden](/source/Marsden,_Tyne_and_Wear) near Lizard Point south of the river. The batteries were planned in [World War I](/source/World_War_I) but only commissioned in 1921, and after a change of heart scrapped in 1926. This very heavy armament was only rivalled by the [Dover](/source/Dover) harbour [Admiralty Pier Turret](/source/Admiralty_Pier_Turret) at the time.

## References

- Hogg, R., "The Tyne Turrets:coastal defence in the First World War", *Fort* ([Fortress Study Group](/source/Fortress_Study_Group)), (12), 1984, pp. 97–104
- National Archives, Kew. Plans for Kitchener/Roberts Batteries WO 78.4973 and WO 78.4974

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