Submarine Pen Roof Gun

By the autumn of 1940 construction of the elbe ii bunker in hamburg and nordsee iii on the island of heligoland was under way.

Submarine pen roof gun.

Later between 1943 and early 1944 a fortified lock was built to protect submarines during their transfer from the loire river and the pens. Did the british ever consider bombarding u boat pens with naval gun fire. Nds built to construct german u boats during world war ii the factory was under construction from 1943 to march 1945 using forced labour but was damaged by air raids and unfinished by the end of the war. Well worth a visit.

Post by damper 06 oct 2019 17 24 obviously early in the war moving capital ships within a few miles of the coast would have ended badly. Entries of the submarines pens of keroman iii viewed from the harbor and at the bottom left keroman i photo. Adrian r wrote a review mar 2020. Pens 1 through 8 are dry docks 92 metres long and 11 metres wide.

All reviews world war u boat lock roof monument operation pens basin submarine waterfront raid chariot. The term is generally applied to submarine bases constructed during world war ii particularly in germany and its occupied countries which were also known as u boat pens after the phrase u boat to refer to german submarines. The roof above is filled with anti aircraft weaponry machine guns and mortars. Totally blown away by the size of this place.

Pens 9 through 14 are simple docks 62 metres long and 17 metres wide each holding two submarines. The lock is 155 meter long 25 meter wide and 14 meter high. The base offers 14 submarine pens. An raf raid on the capital in 1940 plus the occupation of france and great britain s refusal to surrender was enough to trigger a massive building programme of submarine pens and air raid shelters.

Entrance to submarine pen on croatia. Submarine pen at bordeaux roof of the u boat base in saint nazaire. Fraddon united kingdom 29 contributions 11 helpful votes. Jvlvsf78 cc by sa 3 0.

Drop out of the duct and walk through the building and all. Roof of the u boat base in saint nazaire. The roof is dotted with anti aircraft weaponry machine guns and mortars. A submarine pen u boot bunker in german is a type of submarine base that acts as a bunker to protect submarines from air attack.

Climb up and head down the duct until you arrive at the submarine pen. Xiiifromtokyo cc by 3 0. The valentin submarine factory is a protective shelter on the weser river at the bremen suburb of rekum de. What a brilliant place.

Keroman i and keroman iii lorient. Been here twice now.