French submarine Espadon
Espadon was a Narval-class submarine of the French Navy. Along with sister boat Marsouin, the boat was the first French submarine to steam under sea ice. The boat is currently a museum ship.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—1:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: 1958 Narval-class submarine
- Also known as: “Espadon” and “Sous-Marin Espadon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include German U-Boats Bunker/ U-Boat pens and Suite de triangles.
German U-Boats Bunker/ U-Boat pens
Photo: KaTeznik, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
The submarine base of Saint-Nazaire is one of five large fortified U-boat pens built by Germany during the Second World War in occupied Saint-Nazaire, France. German U-Boats Bunker/ U-Boat pens is situated 290 metres west of French submarine Espadon.
Les Trois Pierres dolmen
Archaeological site
Photo: Poulpy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les Trois Pierres dolmen is an archaeological site, which is situated 710 metres northwest of French submarine Espadon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Nazaire.
Saint-Nazaire
Photo: TouN, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Nazaire is a port town of 153,000 people at the mouth of the Loire, near Nantes in western France.
French submarine Espadon
- Categories: attack submarine, museum ship, preserved watercraft, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes, Arrondissement of Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.27536° or 47° 16′ 31″ northLongitude
-2.19892° or 2° 11′ 56″ westOpen location code
8CVV7RG2+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 2372996119OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5502653
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Persian—“French submarine Espadon” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Lestr-spluj Espadon”
- French: “Espadon (S637)”
- French: “Espadon”
- French: “S637”
- French: “sous-marin Espadon”
- German: “Espadon”
- Persian: “زیردریایی اسپادون (اس۶۳۷)”
- Persian: “زیردریایی اسپادون”
- “Espadon”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include EOL Centre éolien and Écluse Fortifiée.
Nearby Places
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