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.
Submarine pen roof gun.
The valentin submarine factory is a protective shelter on the weser river at the bremen suburb of rekum de.
Keroman i and keroman iii lorient.
Submarine pen at bordeaux roof of the u boat base in saint nazaire.
What a brilliant place.
In this area be careful to avoid any guards pulling the alarm.
Well worth a visit.
Entrance to submarine pen on croatia.
Roof of the u boat base in saint nazaire.
Drop out of the duct and walk through the building and all.
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Three u boats in a submarine pen at trondheim 19 may 1945.
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.
The roof is dotted with anti aircraft weaponry machine guns and mortars.
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By the autumn of 1940 construction of the elbe ii bunker in hamburg and nordsee iii on the island of heligoland was under way.
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.
Pens 1 through 8 are dry docks 92 metres long and 11 metres wide.
Pens 9 through 14 are simple docks 62 metres long and 17 metres wide each holding two submarines.
The roof above is filled with anti aircraft weaponry machine guns and mortars.
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.
Been here twice now.
Later between 1943 and early 1944 a fortified lock was built to protect submarines during their transfer from the loire river and the pens.
The base offers 14 submarine pens.
Climb up and head down the duct until you arrive at the submarine pen.
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.
Unfinished german submarine pen at cherbourg.
The lock is 155 meter long 25 meter wide and 14 meter high.
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Entries of the submarines pens of keroman iii viewed from the harbor and at the bottom left keroman i photo.
