Saint-Nazaire submarine base - Wikipedia
WEBDesign. The base is 300 m (980 ft) long, 130 m (430 ft) wide and 18 m (59 ft) high, amounting to a 39,000 m 2 (420,000 sq ft) surface on the ground, and a volume of concrete of 480,000 m 3 (17,000,000 cu ft). The roof is 8 m (26 ft) deep, featuring four layers: the first one is a 3.5 m (11 ft) sheet of reinforced concrete; the second is a 35 cm ...
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WEBThe U-boat bases. This new and exiting section of uboat.net will contain detailed and extensive information on the German U-boat bases of World War Two when completed. Missing right now are pages on bases in Germany, Italy, Greece, the Far East.
France’s U-Boat Bunkers Survived the War—And Thrive Today - HistoryNet
WEBAug 14, 2019 · It could be a scene from any of the myriad ports along the 2,130 miles of French coastline but for several incongruous intruders on Lorient’s Keroman Peninsula: three enormous concrete U-boat bunkers, built by the Germans as a base for submarine attacks on Allied shipping in the North Atlantic. From a distance, their sheer size and the ...
uboat.net - Boats - Flotillas - Bases in France
WEBU-boat bases. The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. Over 40.000 pages on the officers, the boats, technology and …
List of U-boat flotillas - Wikipedia
WEBList of U-boat flotillas contains lists of the German U-boat flotillas in the two World Wars. The bases shown here are the ones at which the flotillas spent most of their career.
Lorient Submarine Base - Wikipedia
WEBLorient Submarine Base was a submarine naval base located in Lorient, France. It was built in 1941 by the German Kriegsmarine, and was continued to be enlarged until 1943. After the German defeat it was used by the French Navy. It was decommissioned in 1995 and converted to civilian use.
The U-Boat Base - Saint-Nazaire - Mechtraveller
WEBApr 4, 2023 · These days, the huge fortified bunker built by the Germans in 1941 to protect its U-boats, is no longer referred to as the “U-boat base” or “the U-boat pens”. Instead they simply call it the ‘submarine base’, maybe to disassociate it from its origins, but we all know who built it and why.
U-boat Base Bordeaux - battlefieldsww2.com
WEBU-boat Base Bordeaux. Following the collapse and capitulation of France in June 1940, the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) moved swiftly to establish a chain of U-boat bases along the west coast of France.
Saint Nazaire – U-boat Base - War Traveller
WEBSaint Nazaire – U-boat Base. Boulevard Georges Charpak, Saint-Nazaire, Francija. During the II. World War the port of Saint Nazaire was strategically important. Because the Germans build here one of the largest fortified U-boat pen. The U-boat base was built between 1941 and 1942.
Description | Bordeaux | Category (en-gb) - uboat-bases.com
WEBThe detailled story of the german U-boat bases of the second world war in France. Read the history of each base, get some phtos, and discover the german submarines which participated in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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