Fantastic Views in the Ruins of Collinson Battery

The plan of the day is to visit the Cape Collinson Battery Search Lights via the Leaping Dragon Path in Siu Sai Wan. We began at the Siu Sai Wan Promenade and hiked up on a gentle incline to reach the Search lights of the Cape Collinson Battery. The locals call these search light positions of the Cape Collison Battery “Big Screen TV” for a reason. The search light positions face the southeastern waters of Hong Kong. Inside the structure, you see wide-open views of the ocean through the framed lookout of the ruins. On a sunny day, it really is fantastic there. The British had plans to construct this battery as early as 1934. The Cape Collinson Battery had the geographical advantage of overlooking the eastern approaches to Victoria Harbor. The Hong Kong Island was to be reinforced with 3 new six-inch batteries, and Collinson Battery was one of them. Construction began in 1936. The guns that stationed here came from the Stonecutter Island in the west. During WWII, Cape Collinson Battery belonged to the Eastern Fire Command. The 36th Coast Battery, 8th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery stationed here. On the morning after the Japanese’s first landing on Hong Kong Island, the Japanese Imperial troops advanced quickly in the Tai Tam catchment area. Eventually, the Collinson Battery had to be destroyed, as with the Bokhara Battery (in Cape D’aguilar) and the Chung Hom Kok Battery. #collinsonbattery #militaryhistory #hongkonghistory #battery #warhistory #ruins #shorthike