The Brest Arsenal (French: arsenal de Brest) is a collection of naval and military buildings located on the banks of the river Penfeld, in Brest, France...
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Georgia Brest Arsenal (French: Arsenal de Brest), French shipbuilder Foochow Arsenal, Chinese naval shipyard Kyiv Arsenal in Kyiv, Ukraine Kremlin Arsenal, in...
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the aft section was laid down by Arsenal de Brest at Brest and the bow section was laid down 5 May 2004 by Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire at Saint-Nazaire....
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projected after 2030. The first four tankers were constructed by the Arsenal de Brest at Brest, France between 1973 and 1987. The fifth and final ship was ordered...
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front of the U-boat pen in Brest, though Henri Le Masson states that she was towed to Landévennec in the roadstead of Brest. Allied bombers sank the hulk...
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The roadstead of Brest (French: rade de Brest, French pronunciation: [ʁad də bʁɛst]; Breton: Lenn-vor Brest) is a roadstead or bay located in the Finistère...
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the history of Brest was the history of its castle. Then Richelieu made it a military harbour in 1631. Brest grew around its arsenal until the second...
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and Chevalier Paul – were converted into flotilla flagships (conducteurs de flottilles) between 1960 and 1962. One 57 mm gun turret, two triple torpedo...
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which she was on 21 May 1912 at the Arsenal de Lorient. Bretagne was laid down at the Arsenal de Brest shipyard in Brest on 22 July 1912. Lorraine followed...
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policy of deterrence/intervention/defence following the election of Charles de Gaulle as president of France. The French designation for the class was frégates...
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The Château de Brest (Breton: Kastell Brest) is a castle in Brest, Finistère, France. The oldest monument in the town, it is located at the mouth of the...
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Suffren class. The contract for the new vessel was awarded to the Arsenal de Brest with the order being placed on 1 March 1927. The Hull would be basically...
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1931 as Project C4 with her hull designated as hull no 141 at the Arsenal de Brest. Algérie was launched on 21 May 1932. Her hull was 180 metres (590 ft...
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Retrieved 2017-07-07. "La Motte-Picquet : dernière cérémonie des couleurs à Brest". Mer et Marine (in French). 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021. Groizeleau...
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Base". Naval Technology. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2023. "Arsenal de Brest". Naval Technology. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2023. Vavasseur...
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Ghiculescu was a gunboat of the French Friponne class. She was built at Arsenal de Brest, being launched in 1917 and commissioned by the French Navy as Mignonne...
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(13 in) thick sides. The contract for Richelieu was awarded to the Arsenal de Brest on 31 August 1935, and the keel for the new ship was laid down on 22...
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installed in 1940 on the fore tower. Dunkerque was laid down in the Arsenal de Brest, on 24 December 1932, in the Salou graving dock number 4. The hull...
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In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2021. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. pp. 180–182. ISBN 978-1-4728-4779-9. ex-Duperre at anchorage in Brest, France 2004...
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it connects the two banks of the river Penfeld and overlooks the arsenal de Brest. It is on the site the naval transporter bridge was destroyed during...
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in the air-defense role a squadron of Sud Aviation Aquilon (license-built de Havilland Sea Venom) fighters. They were also used for French amphibious assault...
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1 November 1925 as a croiseurs legers (light cruiser) from the Arsenal de Brest (Brest Naval Yard). She would be nearly identical to the Duquesne-class...
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named after Vice-amiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez, was ordered on 21 April 1898 from the Arsenal de Brest. She was laid down on 5 January 1899...
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Rue Saint-Malo (category Geography of Brest, France)
into the levée de Pontaniou and ends in the staircase of the Madeleine which leads to the plateau des Capucins. Rue de Siam Arsenal de Brest (in French)...
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privateer Jean Bart. She was laid down on 15 November 1910 at the Arsenal de Brest and launched on 22 September 1911. The ship was completed on 2 September...
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Submarine pen (section Brest)
85–94 "3)BREST * - U-BOAT BASES IN FRANCE - B.d.U - U-BOATS IN FRENCH BASES * - Articles - Sixtant - War II in the South Atlantic". "Arsenal de Brest". Naval...
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reverted to her role as a gunnery training ship, but she was ordered to Brest and Quiberon with her sister Paris upon the outbreak of World War II. Paris...
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major program to improve its infrastructure. The Laninon Docks at the Arsenal de Brest were to be significantly expanded; a new, longer dock (that would be...
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Riou de Kerprigent before being scrapped on 12 November 1886. Le Tigre, commissioned at Rochefort in 1874 under Jouneau's command, was berthed at Brest, traveled...
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on its slope. Charles Martel was laid down on 1 August 1891 by the Arsenal de Brest and launched on 29 August 1893. After completing fitting-out work,...
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