Liepaja Fortress Battery No 6 Fortification

The 6th Battery, which is the best preserved fortification structure today, was planned to protect the coast of Liepaja Fortress south of the Trade Canal. The battery was to house four 6-inch (152 mm) guns of the 1892 model of the Canet system, eight 11-inch (280 mm) guns of the 1887 model, nine mortars of various calibres and two 57 mm Nordenfeld anti-tank guns. At the beginning of the First World War, after the fortress had already been dismantled, Battery 6 still contained the armament used in April 1915, when the German Navy attempted to land a landing at the South Pier.

In the early 1920s, the construction of the Olympia Stadium, which can still be seen today, began on the battery site. The fortification ditch dug at the southern end of the battery is today included in the Liepāja Seafront Park.