Fort Imbiah — Attraction in Singapore

🚢Imbiah Battery was among 3 other forts, namely Fort Siloso, Fort Serapong and Fort Connaught in Palau Blakang Mati (now Sentosa) built by the Colonial British for Singapore's southern coastal defence. 🚢Imbiah Battery started off as a Infantry Redoubt. In 1937, Imbiah Battery was decommissioned and redesignated as "Point d'appui” (French word), which is a place for assembling of troops for defence and war. 🚢However, it remains manned as a Reserve Magazine storing ammunitions until the fall of...

The Mount Imbiah Battery began life as an infantry redoubt in the 1880s, staffed by 82 infantry soldiers and 19 gunners responsible for manning its coastal gun.

The battery remained in active use until the mid-1930s, when it was replaced by the Fort Connaught Battery at the south-eastern end of Singapore island and its gun was removed.

However, the battery remained manned as a reserve magazine storing ammunitions up till the fall of Singapore during World...

A small site with some boards detailing what the fort was previously used for. A portion below ground level is closed off and cannot be accessed, and there isn't much to do or see after a few minutes. Worth checking out if you would have done the trail anyway; otherwise it wouldn't be worth a special visit just...