Roadstead of BrestThe roadstead of Brest (French: rade de Brest, French pronunciation:; Breton: Lenn-vor Brest) is a roadstead or bay located in the Finistèredepartment in Brittany in northwestern France. The surface area is about 180 km² (70 sq mi). The port of Brest and one of the two French naval bases, Brest Arsenal, are located on its northern edge. It is linked to the Atlantic Ocean (called the Iroise Sea at this point) by the Goulet de Brest, a strait about 1.8 km wide.
Cherbourg Naval BaseCherbourg Naval Base is a naval base in Cherbourg Harbour, Cherbourg, Manchedepartment, Normandy. The town has been a base of the French Navy since the opening of the military port in 1813. HistoryEarly worksCherbourg had been a stronghold since Roman times, and was one of the strongest fortresses of the Hundred Years War. But until the 18th century it had only a shallow harbour, minor commercial activity and no military development.
Brest, FranceBrest (French pronunciation:, Breton:) is a port city in the French department of Finistère, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port after Toulon.
Toulon arsenalThe military port of Toulon (French: arsenal de Toulon) is the principal base of the French Navy and the largest naval base in the and Western Europe, situated in the city of Toulon. It holds most of France's force d'action navale, comprising the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle as well as its nuclear attack submarines, in total, the base contains more than 60% of the French Navy's tonnage, and about 20,000 military and civilian personnel work at the base.
PenfeldThe Penfeld (French pronunciation:; Breton: Penfell) is a 16 km (9.9 mi) French coastal river. The town of Brest, in Finistère, has grown up on its left (east) bank. CourseIts source is in the town of Gouesnou. It then passes through Bohars and Guilers (a village bears the river's name) before it flows out into the roadstead of Brest.
Pont de Recouvrance48°23′04″N4°29′48″W / 48.384381°N 4.496541°W / 48.384381; -4.496541The Pont de Recouvrance (French pronunciation:; Breton: Pont an adtapout) is a vertical-lift bridge in Brest, France, across the river Penfeld. Opened on 17 July 1954, it was the largest vertical-lift bridge in Europe until the opening of the RouenPont Gustave-Flaubert in 2008.
CrozonCrozon (French pronunciation:, ; Breton: Kraozon, locally) is a commune in the department of Finistère and the administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France. Besides the town of Crozon, the village of Morgat is part of the commune. Crozon is located on the Crozon Peninsula on the west coast of Finistère.
French languageFrench (français or langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, French and its closest relatives—the langues d'oïl, historically spoken in northern France and southern Belgium—descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. It was influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the GermanicFrankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders.
Passenger shipA passenger ship is a merchant ship whose primary function is to carry passengers on the sea. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is secondary to the carriage of freight. The type does however include many classes of ships designed to transport substantial numbers of passengers as well as freight.
Brest PrisonThe Brest Prison (French - bagne de Brest) was a 254m long prison in Brest, France. It was built between 1749 and 1751 by Antoine Choquet de Lindu, dominating the military port it was built to serve. It could house 3000 prisoners (sometimes as much as 10% of the town's population), children as young as 11 as well as older people.
Château de BrestThe Château de Brest (Breton: Kastell Brest, pronounced [ˈkastɛl bʀest]) or Castle of Brest is a castle in Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France. The oldest monument in the town, it is located at the mouth of the river Penfeld at the heart of the roadstead of Brest, one of the largest roadsteads in the world.
TerrepleinIn fortification architecture, a terreplein or terre-plein is the top, platform, or horizontal surface of a rampart, on which cannon are placed, protected by a parapet. In Martello towers, the roof or terreplein was sometimes surmounted with one or two cannon mounted on a gun platform with a central pivot, that enabled the guns to traverse up to 360 degrees.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.