Hoods Tower Museum

The Hoods Tower Museum is a naval museum of the Sri Lanka Navy in Trincomalee. It is located at Ostenburg, in the Trincomalee peninsula on a high ridge overlooking the entrance to the inner harbor of Trincomalee within the SLN Dockyard. The museum gains its name from the Hoods Tower, an observation tower named after Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, Commander of the East Indies Station.

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Hoods Tower Battery
3 BL 6 inch Mk VII gun, 
artillery battery, military museum, 

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Location: 8.5667, 81.2333, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Capture of Trincomalee ⓘ
  1872 battle in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

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  Battle of Trincomalee ⓘ
  1782 battle of the Anglo-French War

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  Battle of Sampur ⓘ
  

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  Eastern Theater of Eelam War IV ⓘ
  

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  Hoods Tower Museum ⓘ
  naval museum of the Sri Lanka Navy in Trincomalee

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  Fort Oostenburgh ⓘ
  fort used by the Dutch East India Company

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  Fort Fredrick ⓘ
  fort in Sri Lanka

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  SLN Dockyard ⓘ
  Sri Lankan naval base

1782-01-11T00:00:00Z

1782-01-11T00:00:00Z

1782 Capture of Trincomalee

1782-08-25T00:00:00Z

1782-09-03T00:00:00Z

1782 Battle of Trincomalee

2006-08-28T00:00:00Z

2006-09-04T00:00:00Z

2006 Battle of Sampur

2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

2006 — 2007 Eastern Theater of Eelam War IV

1623-01-01T00:00:00Z

1623-01-01T00:00:00Z

1623 Fort Fredrick

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Entrance of Hoods Tower Museum

Hoods Tower Museum 1

Hoods Tower Museum 2

Entrance of Hoods Tower Museum

Hoods Tower Museum 1

Hoods Tower Museum 2

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1782	Capture of Trincomalee	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1782	Battle of Trincomalee	France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2006	Battle of Sampur	battle	Wikidata
event	war	2006	Eastern Theater of Eelam War IV	war, Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, theater of war	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Hoods Tower Museum	artillery battery, military museum	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Oostenburgh	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1623	Fort Fredrick	fort	Wikidata
site	military base		SLN Dockyard	naval base	Wikidata
commons	image		Entrance of Hoods Tower Museum		Commons
commons	image		Hoods Tower Museum 1		Commons
commons	image		Hoods Tower Museum 2		Commons
commons	image		Entrance of Hoods Tower Museum		Commons
commons	image		Hoods Tower Museum 1		Commons
commons	image		Hoods Tower Museum 2		Commons