The sultan's artillery, which consisted of several Maxim machine guns, a Gatling gun, a 17th-century bronze cannon and two 12-pounder field guns, was aimed at the British ships in the harbour.
Sultanens artilleri, som bestod af flere Maxim maskingevær, et gatlingvåben, en bronzekanon fra 1600-tallet og to tolvpunds feltkanoner, var rettet mod de britiske skibe i havnen.