Submarine Pen Roof Gun

Entrance to submarine pen on croatia.

Submarine pen roof gun.

Unfinished german submarine pen at cherbourg. The roof is dotted with anti aircraft weaponry machine guns and mortars. Three u boats in a submarine pen at trondheim 19 may 1945. Keroman i and keroman iii lorient.

By the autumn of 1940 construction of the elbe ii bunker in hamburg and nordsee iii on the island of heligoland was under way. Been here twice now. Pens 1 through 8 are dry docks 92 metres long and 11 metres wide. 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.

The roof above is filled with anti aircraft weaponry machine guns and mortars. Submarine pen at bordeaux roof of the u boat base in saint nazaire. The valentin submarine factory is a protective shelter on the weser river at the bremen suburb of rekum de. 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.

Later between 1943 and early 1944 a fortified lock was built to protect submarines during their transfer from the loire river and the pens. Entries of the submarines pens of keroman iii viewed from the harbor and at the bottom left keroman i photo. 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. Fraddon united kingdom 29 contributions 11 helpful votes.

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. Drop out of the duct and walk through the building and all. Jvlvsf78 cc by sa 3 0. Totally blown away by the size of this place.

Adrian r wrote a review mar 2020. The lock is 155 meter long 25 meter wide and 14 meter high. Pens 9 through 14 are simple docks 62 metres long and 17 metres wide each holding two submarines. 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. Roof of the u boat base in saint nazaire. Did the british ever consider bombarding u boat pens with naval gun fire. What a brilliant place.

The base offers 14 submarine pens. All reviews world war u boat lock roof monument operation pens basin submarine waterfront raid chariot.