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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Sturm78 on 15 Jan 2011 18:01

Hi all,

An image from Ebay. 95mm Mle 1888 guns. Battery?

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Sturm78 on 22 Jan 2011 19:37

Nobody?

Well here another image from Ebay. Can somebody identify this gun?

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Manuferey on 23 Jan 2011 16:35

Hi Sturm78,

You'll find the answer here: :D

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Sturm78 on 01 Mar 2011 12:38

Hi all,

I found this image on Ebay. I think 240mm Mle 1884 G.P gun of Bastion I battery of Calais.

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Manuferey on 02 Mar 2011 02:26

Sturm78, I agree with you for the type of gun and the location.

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Sturm78 on 30 Jul 2011 19:34

Hi all,

Image 1: ??
Image 2: 240mm Mle1903 French gun:

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Manuferey on 30 Jul 2011 21:12

Hi Sturm78,

Image 1: It looks like a French “canon de 164 Mle 1893/96 sur affût M » but they are many variations of this gun. It could the Castel Vendon battery near Cherbourg but this is just a guess.

Image 2 : It is a French « canon de 240 Mle 1903 TR » from the La Hève battery near Le Havre (about 1 hour west of Rouen).

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby jopaerya on 31 Jul 2011 15:22

I agree with the guns type's

(1) Batterie Cap de Chevre ( Bretagne )
(2) Batterie La Hève or Nacqueville-Haut ( Cherbourg ) empty retreivers

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Sturm78 on 01 Aug 2011 21:41

Thank you for your replies, Emmanuel and Jopaerya. :D
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Manuferey on 02 Aug 2011 02:58

jopaerya wrote:I agree with the guns type's

(1) Batterie Cap de Chevre ( Bretagne )
(2) Batterie La Hève or Nacqueville-Haut ( Cherbourg ) empty retreivers

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Thanks Jos for the location for (1).

For (2), I'm convinced it's La Hève battery next to Le Havre. The picture was part of a series that matched other pictures from La Hève battery. The same series also contained pictures from Rouen and the Seine River, so, much closer to Le Havre than Cherbourg. :idea:

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby jopaerya on 02 Aug 2011 18:07

Oke , it's Battery la Heve .

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Sturm78 on 20 Sep 2011 11:03

Hi all,

Two images from Ebay: 240mm M1903 french coastal guns

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Manuferey on 23 Sep 2011 01:49

Sturm78,

The two pictures were taken at Fort de Nacqueville Haut, near Cherbourg. See "Mur de l'Atlantique: les batteries de côte" d'Alain Chazette. 8-)

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Sturm78 on 26 Sep 2011 22:30

Hi all,

95mm Mle1888 Latiholle ?? :?

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Postby Manuferey on 29 Sep 2011 02:09

Yes, I agree.

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