To protect against an attack of Sevastopol from the northern direction , in 1908 at the mouth of the river Belbek, near the modern village Lyubimovka the construction of two batteries. After 4 years in the fortress of Sevastopol became the new 12th Battery.
It was the latest at the time fortress .The thickness of the walls of these buildings prevyshalala two meters. Battery number 16 was intended to combat the heavy ships of the enemy, who would risk to appear in the area between the fort and Konstantinovsky Kachey , and not allow them to block the exit from the Sevastopol bay.
was built a few years later , a hundred yards away , the battery number 24 takes on the lighter ships and defend the mouth of antiamphibious Belbek. For its size it is considerably inferior to 12th .
16 Armament battery, model 1895, included four 254 mm guns.Casemated traverse the battery connected by a poternami . They were equipped officers of the room. Durable construction protected the ditch and rampart . In the case of a siege in the two reservoirs of drinking water was stored . The 24th Battery was located just north of 12th ( Khruleva ).It was intended to protect the mouth of an enemy landing Belbek , and it used four 120 - millimeter guns. Its size is much smaller battery Khruleva .
In 1914 , 16 battery successfully kept the fire on the German battleship Geben , attacking Sevastopol in October 1914 . It was the only battle test of the building.Three land mine reached the target , causing damage including smokestack . Germans return fire on the battery was damaged N 16 weapon that burned powder charges , were killed and wounded.
Later, after the construction of two towers, batteries lose their capacity Belbekskie strategic value.In 1930 their premises were used as military depots. His name , I ,16- Hrulevskaya battery was named Chief of Logistics , Deputy Minister of Armed Forces at the rear, AV Khruleva .
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