sentences:  Even if work had been completed, though, the battery would have been ineffective as there were no artillerymen to service the guns, as the Hobart Artillery had "practically ceased to exist", a situation which had also affected the Queens Battery, consisting of 10 guns, by the time also.In 1871, the Russian corvette "Boyarin" entered the Derwent unexpectedly.Nevertheless, between 1870 and 1878, the government was unwilling to provide funds for local forces.