Passe de l’Ouest

Passe de l’Ouest is a strait in Normandy, France. Passe de l’Ouest is situated nearby to the quarter Hameau de la Mer, as well as near the suburb Équeurdreville-Hainneville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Phare du fort de l’Ouest and Cherbourg Naval Base.

Cherbourg Naval Base

Naval base

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Cherbourg Naval Base is a naval base in Cherbourg Harbour, Cherbourg, Manche department, Normandy. The town has been a base of the French Navy since the opening of the military port in 1813.

French submarine Redoutable

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Le Redoutable was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Querqueville and Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.

Querqueville

Suburb

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Querqueville is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.

Cherbourg is a port town at the north end of the Cotentin Peninsula in Manche, France. Cherbourg is located near the D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed in 1944 during World War II. The town was liberated by American troops shortly after that.