StP Kerlohic, Pointe des Renards

The large deep water port of Brest was large enough to receive battle ships like the Tirpitz. Also a U-boat pen was constructed inside the harbour. That meant that the whole area around the entrance to the Rade de Brest had to be defended. After the attack on the lock gate at St Nazaire the defence was again increased. Kermorvan was the start of the northern defence of the port of Brest and StP Kerlohic is the next one.

StP Kerlohic Pointe des Renards. Re57 Pointe des Renards. 1 x SK/Doppelschartenstand. 1 x 5cm KwK. 1 x Vf/MG. 1 x Unterstand. Re58 Pointe des Renards sud. 3 x Flakstellung. 1 x Munitionstand. 1 x 2cm Flak 28. 2 x 3.7cm S.K.C/30.

This is a plan of the area we covered. First an R601 a garage for an anti-tank gun. The second like an R601 but an SK bunker (Sonderkonstruktion [Special construction]) garage for a search light. At the pointe a double KwK Vf ( "Vf" bunker = [verstärkt Feldmässig]).

R601 anti tank gun garage. The gun would not fire in the garage bunker but would be drawn out to a firing platform close to the bunker.

Garage entrance.

Looking at the three 7P7 10cm plates all exactly the same with a total of 45tons and covered with concrete.

This is an SK searchlight garage bunker.

The rear personnel door.

The main garage. Note the square escape & air outlet in the garage rear wall.

434PO1 door from the garage to the Tobruk & foot entrance.

The foot entrance into the garage with aerial fittings either side and the close combat window type 505.

Crew room with the 505 close combat.

Lots of internal fittings.

Fuel store for the generator, shelving at the end.

An R505 is also here somewhere at Re120 a casemate for a 3.7cm anti-tank gun.

R634 six embrasure turret, there is one still here somewhere with its 20P7 turret for a MG34 machine gun. We did not find it though.

Two guns in an R667 casemates adjusted to local needs possibly to take the two 3.7cm S.K.C/30 A/T guns . Vf (verstärkt Feldmässig).

 

A closer look at the embrasure with a heavy steel lintel & a stepped in embrasure, probably would have had wood shuttering left in place to help with the slowing down of shrapnel & bullets hitting the concrete.

Very pretty.

Nice view on a nice day.

Entrances into the two Bunkers. A sunken entrance into the bunkers with two doors now bricked up.

The view back over the bunker.

Slightly different from the other side.

This gun room looks slightly bigger, possibly for the ammunition?

The pointe was a platform for cannon to cover the small port of Le Conquet from the dastardly English I expect.