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Roscanvel (French pronunciation: [ʁɔskɑ̃vɛl]; Breton: Roskañvel) is a
commune in the Finistère
department of
Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants...
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Maritimes (CPEOM, "maritime
operations training parachutist center") at
Roscanvel.
While these are the only
French combat-diver units,
other French units...
- Finistère. It is
bordered by the
communes of Camaret-sur-Mer to the west,
Roscanvel to the northwest, Lanvéoc to the north, Landévennec to the north-east...
- Quélern is a
hamlet in
Roscanvel, in the
department of Finistère (Brittany), in
western France. The Quélern
lines defended the
entrance to the goulet...
- Quélern or réduit de Quélern is a
castle and
prison in the
commune of
Roscanvel in France. This fort was
built between 1852 and 1854 on
modified plans...
- Île des
Morts (Island of the Dead) is a 7-hectare
island in the Bay of
Roscanvel, to the south-west of the
roadstead of Brest,
between the Quélern peninsula...
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Tremet is a
hamlet on the
Roscanvel peninsula in France. The gun
batteries located here are part of the
defences of the
goulet de Brest,
forbidding ships...
- The
Pointe des
Espagnols is the north-east
extremity of the
Roscanvel peninsula, an
outgrowth of the
Crozon peninsula closing off the
roadstead of Brest...
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upper battery (1891) and an
underground magazine (1891)
Located on the
Roscanvel peninsula facing the Fort du Mengant, they are a late
addition to the...
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around the
goulet de
Brest in France. It is
sited on the
peninsula of
Roscanvel and is
accessible by a
small bridge. The
battery was
razed in the 19th...
