NZ Coastal Artillery Units of World War 2

9 Hvy (Coast) Regt | 10 Hvy (Coast) Regt | 11 Hvy (Coast) Regt | 13 Hvy (Coast) Regt

9 Heavy (Coast) Regiment

RHQ North Head
60 Battery NW tip of Motutapu Island
- three 6" Mk 21
- two CASL
61 Battery
- Fort Cautley
  - two 4" Mk 7
  - two 12-pr
  - four 6-pr H&N
  - six CASL
- Bastion Pt
  - two 12-pr
  - 6-pr (Twin)
  - three CASL
- Gt Barrier Is
  40-mm Bofors
  - 6" Mk 7
  - 4" Mk 7
  - four 40-mm Bofors
- Manakau
  - 4.7"
- Motuihi Is
  - two 4" Mk 7
62 Battery Fort Takapuna
- two 4" Mk 7
- two CASL
3.7-in anti-aircraft gun
63 Battery Castor Bay: 5 miles north of Fort Cautley
- two 6" Mk 7
- two CASL
64 Battery Whangaparaoa: SE tip of peninsular
- two 6" Mk 7
- two CASL
163 Battery Whangaparaoa: SE tip of peninsular
- two 9.2"
164 Battery Waiheke Is: Man-o-War, NE of island
- two 9.2"
68 Battery
- Bay of Islands: Motoroa Is, Waitata Pt near Russell
  - four 6" Mk 7
  - eight 40-mm Bofors
    
    40-mm Bofors
- Whangaraoa: South Head of harbour
  - 6" Mk 7
139 Battery Whangarei: NW of Bream Head overlooking entrance
- 5" (USA)

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10 Heavy (Coast) Regiment

RHQ Fort Dorset
70 Battery Palmer Head
- three 6" Mk 21
- four CASL
71 Battery Fort Dorset
- two 6" Mk 7
- two 4" Mk 7
- four 12-pr
- seven CASL
72 Battery Fort Ballance: Watts Peninsular
- two 4" Mk 7
- 6-pr (Twin)
- two 75-mm
- six CASL
73 Battery Opau
- two 6" Mk 7
165 Battery Wrights Hill
- two 9.2"
77 Battery
- Napier: Bluff Hill
  - two 6" Mk 7
  - four 40-mm Bofors
    
    40-mm Bofors
- Gisborne: Kaiti Hill
  - 5" (USA)
78 Battery New Plymouth: Moturoa
- two 155-mm
- four 40-mm Bofors
140 Battery Wanganui: Languard Bluff
- 5" (USA)

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11 Heavy (Coast) Regiment

RHQ Godley Head
80 Battery Godley Head: northern Mainland entrance to Lyttleton Harbour
- three 6" Mk 24
- two CASL
81 Battery
- Battery Point: northern side of Lyttleton Harbour, 3 miles from mouth
  - two 4" Mk 7
  - 6-pr (Twin)
  - five CASL
- Ripapa Island: southern side of Lyttleton Harbour
  - 6" EOC
84 Battery
- Tory Channel entrance, Queen Charlotte Sound
  - 6" Mk 7
  - twelve 40-mm Bofors
    
    40-mm Bofors
- Tory Channel, Maraetai, Queen Charlotte Sound
  - 6" Mk 7
- Blumine Island
  - two 6" Mk 7
- Post Office Point, Pelorus Sound
  - 6" Mk 7
- Maud Island, Pelorus Sound
  - 6" Mk 7
- Port Hills, Nelson
  - 6" Mk 7
85 Battery Timaru: Smithfield Freezing Works
- two 6" Mk 7
- four 40-mm Bofors
134 Battery
- Westport: South Spit
  - 5" (USA)
  - four 40-mm Bofors
- Greymouth: Cobden
  - 5" (USA)
  - four 40-mm Bofors
143 Battery Akaroa: Wainui
- two 6" Mk 7
- four 40-mm Bofors
- two CASL

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13 Heavy (Coast) Regiment

RHQ    Dunedin
82 Battery

Taiaroa Heads, Otago Peninsular

6" EOC
five CASL

Rerewahine, Otago Peninsular

two 6" Mk 7

Tomahawk, 3 mile SE of Dunedin Port

two 6" Mk 7

Harrington Point, Dunedin Harbour

two 6-pr (Twin)
two 6-pr H&N

141 Battery    Oamaru: Cape Wanbrow

5" (USA)

142 Battery    Bluff

6" Mk 7

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See also:
World War 2 Air Defence of Auckland by Major Martin Blampied, MC.
NZ Artillery units stationed in NZ
NZ artillery units of World War 2
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