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Plan of Cherbourg harbour showing its outer breakwaters
Cherbourg Harbour (French: rade de Cherbourg; literally, the "roadstead of Cherbourg") is a harbour situated at the northern end of the Cotentin Peninsula, on the English Channel coastline, in Normandy, northwestern France. With a surface area of 1,500 hectares, it is the second largest artificial harbour in the world, after the 4,500 hectare Ras Laffan Harbour in Qatar. As well as Cherbourg Naval Base, it has been used for mercantile shipping.
It was begun in 1783, with its central harbour breakwater completed in 1853 – this was 3.64 km long, an average of 100 m wide at its base and an average of 12 m wide at its top, and sited 4 km from the coast. Three forts were added to its central wall in 1860. This and the two other breakwaters stretch for more than 6 km. The eastern opening into the harbour is 950 m wide and the western one 2.3 km wide. The harbour's maximum depth is 13 m at low tide.
611729°W / 49.659072; -1.611729 CherbourgHarbour (French: rade de Cherbourg; literally, the "roadstead of Cherbourg") is a harbour situated at the northern...
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin on 1 January 2016. Cherbourg is protected by CherbourgHarbour, between La Hague and Val de Saire, and the city has been a strategic...
Cherbourg Naval Base is a naval base in CherbourgHarbour, Cherbourg, Manche department, Normandy. The town has been a base of the French Navy since the...
coastguard vessel. On 28 March 1993, HMS Blazer was paying a visit to CherbourgHarbour when the local fishermen learned that a boat from their fleet, La...
in the annals of coastal defense", when he comprehensively damaged CherbourgHarbour prior to surrendering it to Allied forces. Hennecke entered the Imperial...
naval port of Cherbourg, just across the English Channel, the Royal Navy established a base at Portland in 1845; a scheme for the harbour to be transformed...
was brought under control. A few hours later, the Titanic called at CherbourgHarbour in north-western France, a journey of 80 nautical miles (148 km; 92 mi)...
Roadstead of Brest, France Carrick Roads, England Castle Roads, Bermuda CherbourgHarbour (la Grande Rade), France (artificial) The Downs, England Fayal Roads...
and a canary disembarked with the passengers who left the ship at CherbourgHarbour, the Titanic's first port of call after Southampton. The animals travelled...
"decidedly unpleasant". A few hours later, the Titanic called at CherbourgHarbour in north-western France, and Andrews wrote to his wife, "We reached...
United States to spend the summer with him. She boarded the Titanic at CherbourgHarbour on April 10, 1912. Her cabin (C-49) was next to that of Colonel Archibald...
opened in 2002. In 2006, a Cherbourg cruise terminal was inaugurated in the harbour nearby. Cherbourg-Octeville topics "Cherbourg, a port of call". Visit...
seasonal service to Guernsey. A 12-passenger boat operates services to CherbourgHarbour, Sark and St Peter Port. Alderney is 72.5 miles (116.7 kilometres)...
François Cachin was a French engineer, most notable for his work at CherbourgHarbour. He was born in Castres on October 2, 1757 and died in Paris on February...
Carentan, via Barfleur-Cherbourg-Cap de la Hague to a point west of Barneville. This included the 65 km land front of CherbourgHarbour. The Division included...
The Battle of Cherbourg was part of the Battle of Normandy during World War II. It was fought immediately after the successful Allied landings on 6 June...
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