Battery south pier

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Third entrance, here the north pier

The battery Südmole was as part of the fortress plan Wilhelmshavens a battery to protect the Prussian naval base in Wilhelmshaven .

Location and structure

The battery was at the tip of the south pier on the III. Driveway . It had underground accommodation rooms and an underground ammunition room.

history

The battery began operating with the expansion of the port in 1909.

Armament

The Südmole battery consisted of three open 10 cm guns.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Frank Gosch: fortress construction on the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The history of the German coastal fortifications until 1918 . 1st edition. Mittler, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0743-9 , pp. 51-64 .
Defense structures to protect Wilhelmshaven


Coastal batteries

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Landside defense works

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Flak batteries - World War II

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