Bermuda has over 100 fortifications built from 1612 through 1944. One of the oldest is Fort St. Catherine, constructed in 1614 by Governor Richard Moore, as a defense for Gate’s Bay, the original landing place of the foundering Sea Venture. The fort was further strengthened throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, the last significant improvements being the mounting of five muzzle-loading guns between 1865 and 1878. Only having ever fired two shots in anger against a passing Spanish vessel in the early 1700’s, the fort was used as a local training ground during the second world war.