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    72750°N 3.36750°W / 47.72750; -3.36750 Lorient Submarine Base was a submarine naval base located in Lorient, France. It was built in 1941 by the German...
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    Germans, then occupying France, chose to establish a U-boat base at Lorient. The submarine facilities quickly became targets of constant bombing from Allied...
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    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 term is generally...
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    related to Base sous-marine de Saint-Nazaire. Lorient Submarine Base St Nazaire Raid "M 19 mortar, U-boat base". Lars Hellwinkel: Hitler's Gate to the Atlantic...
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    A submarine base is a military base that shelters submarines and their personnel. Examples of present-day submarine bases include HMNB Clyde, Île Longue...
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    War to support German submarine operations from the nearby base in Lorient. It is also known as Lann Bihoue Naval Air Base (Base Aéronavale de Lann Bihoué)...
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    of Larmor-Plage, Lorient and Lanester and to the east by those of Kervignac, Locmiquélic, Port-Louis and Gâvres. Lorient Submarine Base Keroman fishing...
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    The history of Lorient begins with the town's foundation in 1666 as a base for the French East India Company. This role was reinforced in 1675 during...
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    officer to the supply submarine ("milk cow") U-462, U-505 limped back to Lorient on reduced power. After six months in Lorient for repairs, U-505 started...
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    Rhône and the submarine Sfax belonged to Vichy France and were sunk in error. After five weeks on the high seas, U-37 returned to Lorient on 14 January...
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