Maritime History

248th (Welwyn) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery

248th (Welwyn) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (248 HAA Bty), was an air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA). Formed just before the Second World War, it fought in the Battle of France and the Swansea Blitz, and later defended London and Cyprus. It continued serving in the post-war TA until 1955.

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• ▸Fresnel lens
• ▸Codon royenii
• ▸German battleship Gneisenau

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