The Mellemfort

Floor plan of the Mellemfort

Floor plan of the Mellemfort

This naval fort was situated approx. 1100 meters east of the battery Quinti Bastion,  and was built in the period 1860-1863 at approx. 3 meters water depth.

Towards the sea side the fort was bounded by a row of pillars in front of which was placed an approx. 1.5 m thick stone glaze. Above this is a 3-5 meter high and 2 meter thick concrete wall covered with granite. Towards the harbor was a concrete quay wall.

The fort had an approx. 90 meters long and approx. 25 meters deep front, two flanks at 35 and 25 meters depth as well as a northern harbor pier of 90 meters length and a southern pier of 40 meters.

The Mellemfort 1920

The Mellemfort 1920

The harbor within the pier was filled in the northern half. Here was barracks for 180 men built of 0.60 m thick concrete walls. The front wall was 6 feet thick and had an inner wall of 1.8 meters of concrete. At the front there was 1 middle traverses and two shoulder crossers. In here were built in ammunition magazines covered with 9 meters of concrete and 1-2 meters of earth.

The fort was armed with:

2 pcs. of 35.5 cm. steel cannon L / 30 on each flank
4 pcs. of 24 cm. steel cannon L / 40 with shields mounted on the face
3 pcs. of 47 mm. quick-firing steel cannon with shields, set up with 1 on the outer edge of each flank and 1 on
the northern shoulder traverse.
2 pcs. of 8 mm. 2-course mitrailleuse.
1 90 cm. floodlight.
The crew was in 1911 130 men. This was later increased to 170.

The Mellemfort has completely disappeared.