Both towers formed part of a chain of fortifications built to defend the town of Marsalforn and nearby bays from Ottoman or Barbary attacks.
It had a square base, and roughly the same size as the Wignacourt Tower in St. Paul's Bay.
The Order sent an engineer to inspect the damage, but he believed that the tower would remain standing for at least another century.
[2] The only ruins of the tower visible today is a mound of rubble at the edge of the cliff face.
Construction is believed to have begun sometime in 1720, and the tower was first mentioned on official records on 10 May 1722, when it was complete but still lacking its door and drawbridge.
It had sloping walls pierced with musketry loopholes, which were topped by a parapet with three embrasures on each side, mounting several cannon.
[7] This tower was demolished by the British military in 1915, and a wireless station was built in its place.