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Time required: 1:00 h
Hidden on: 21 February 2017
Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC13782
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I recognized that in the city center of Tanger old cannons are placed at different locations. These cannons were mainly used on
sailing battleships. The cannons are cast from bronze and have some lavish ornaments. All cannons are muzzle loader. This
means the cannons are loaded from the front with gunpowder and the projectile. The projectile was in most cases a iron cannon
ball. By a tiny hole in the back of the cannon the gunpowder was ignited and the cannon fired. Most of the free accessible
cannons in Tanger are 32 pounder. This is the weight of the projectile the cannon is able to fire.
This virtual multicache will guide you to 4 places where these cannons are free accessible. There are some more places with
cannons but not accessible to the public.
The stages are marked as waypoints. My recommendation is to visit them in the given order but this is not mandatory. At each
stage you have to find one or two numbers which are needed for the password in order to log this virtual multicache.
Start: N 35° 46.984 W 005° 48.473
Cannon in the park at the harbor
Which language can be found on the cannon? _ _ _ _ _ _ number of 6th letter => A (A=1, B=2, ...)
Stage 2 : N 35°46.579 W 005°48.225
cannons from Sevilla
Here are 2 spanish cannons where the lively Avenue Mohamed V passes by. Place yourself behind the cannons.
3rd number of the year at the left cannon => B
3rd number of the year at the right cannon => C
Stage 3: N 35°46.846 W 005°48.687
At this place you find five cannons. You can enjoy a nice view to the port and the beach. Go to the 3rd cannon from the left and look at the center of the coat of arms. How many dots are on each of the symbols which forms a cross? => D
seach for the oldest cannon. Take the 3rd number of the year => E
Stage 4: N 35°47.170 W 005°48.541
Here are 2 giant cannons on a turnable gun mount which were used for the defense of the former fortress of Tanger. Go to the right cannon.
take the 3rd number of the serial number of the cannon => F
Password for log: ABCDEF
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N 35° 46.579' W 005° 48.225' |
STAGE 2: spanische Kanonen | ||
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N 35° 46.846' W 005° 48.687' |
STAGE 3 : fünf Kanonen | ||
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N 35° 47.170' W 005° 48.541' |
STAGE 4 : Festungsgeschütze |
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Log entries for Kanonen von Tanger
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19 March 2024, 16:51
FraSoSi
found the geocache
Der war anstrengend.
Habe Station E übersehen, da mußte ich halt ein paar mal probieren bevor's klappte.
TFTC
March 19, 2024 16:51
27 September 2023
j-he
found the geocache
3 weeks of holidays together with TedRedhair. Day 12 of 22 was dedicated to a daytrip from Tarifa to Tanger in Morocco. During our visit we also attempted this virtual multi, visiting all the cannons indicated by the waypoints and collecting the answers.
We assembled the password and now I am proudly able to log this cache as an FTF in Morocco - more than 6 years after publish. Wow!
Thanks for the cannon-tour!
j-he@Kanonen von Tanger
