Goulet de Brest, with the Phare du PortzicThe goulet is centred on the left edge of this map (unlabelled, below the compass rose), north of the presqu'île de Roscanvel (peninsula) and south of the starred Pointe du Portzic. The goulet’s northwestern limit, the Pointe du Petit Minou, is outside of the map.
The Goulet de Brest (French pronunciation:[ɡulɛdəbʁɛst]) is a 3-km-long strait linking the roadstead of Brest to the Atlantic Ocean. Only 1.8 km wide, the goulet is situated between the Pointe du Petit Minou and the Pointe du Portzic to the north and the îlot des Capucins and the Pointe des Espagnols to the south.
At each turn of the tide, the ocean refills the roadstead in a current that can attain 4 to 5 knots.[1] Sailing ships would thus wait in the cove of Camaret-sur-Mer for a favourable current to carry them into the goulet.
On 2 January 1793, the Childers Incident – the first shots of the war between Great Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars – took place in the goulet.
^Michel Dion (1996). Batteries, réduits, tours, forts, casemates... de Camaret et Roscanvel (in French). Brest: Association du Mémorial Montbarey. p. 67.
The GouletdeBrest (French pronunciation: [ɡulɛ də bʁɛst]) is a 3-km-long strait linking the roadstead of Brest to the Atlantic Ocean. Only 1.8 km wide...
point) by the GouletdeBrest, a strait about 1.8 km wide. Three main rivers drain into the roadstead: the Penfeld (the town of Brest and the first buildings...
France to defend the gouletdeBrest. As part of the massive fortification campaign of France under the direction of the Marquis de Vauban, construction...
northwestern France Goulet Bluff, a point on the western side of the Peron Peninsula in the Shark Bay World Heritage Site GouletdeBrest, sea-channel into...
enter the Roadstead of Brest to reconnoitre the state of readiness of the French fleet. As Childers entered the GouletdeBrest, the vessel came under...
north-eastern extremity of the GouletdeBrest (Finistère, France) and is the nearest lighthouse to the town of Brest. It is a 35 metres (115 ft) tall...
the 17th century, the fort's role has been to monitor the GouletdeBrest, the straits of Brest. The source of the site's name is a mystery. The Breton...
Mengant, a battery on the point forms part of the defences of the gouletdeBrest. Known defences on the site include: Lower battery (1694) - built to...
the Sillon at Camaret-sur-Mer, as part of the fortifications of the gouletdeBrest. It has three levels and is flanked by walls, a guardhouse and a gun...
gouletdeBrest. It consists of 6m high masonry bastions, surrounded by a 3m deep and 9.5m wide moat. Vauban completed the defences along the goulet and...
Crozon peninsula closing off the roadstead of Brest. It also marks the south-east limit of the gouletdeBrest (the other limits are marked by pointe des...
The Fort de Portzic was built near the town of Brest by Vauban between 1693 and 1699 as part of the defences of the gouletdeBrest. It faces the pointe...
Forming part of the chain of fortifications along the gouletdeBrest, the fort du Dellec was built by Vauban in the 17th century, then rebuilt several...
the Fort du Mengant, they are a late addition to the defences of the gouletdeBrest (a lower battery near the site, dating to 1695, has not yet been found)...
the Sillon at Camaret-sur-Mer, as part of the fortifications of the gouletdeBrest. It has three levels and is flanked by walls, a guardhouse and a gun...
lighthouse at the entrance to Brest harbor in France. It is part of the commune of Plouzané, on the north side of the GouletdeBrest. "Le Minou" means "pussy...
France. The gun batteries located here are part of the defences of the gouletdeBrest, forbidding ships from entering the bay of Camaret-sur-Mer. The site...
the Sillon at Camaret-sur-Mer, as part of the fortifications of the GouletdeBrest. Construction of Fort Louvois took three years and was completed under...
of the gouletdeBrest. The first fortification on the site is a mortar battery dating to 1889-1891, with its underground magazine. The Fort de Kerbonn...
their field of fire with those at Tremet, as well as covering the gouletdeBrest to harry an approaching enemy. The Germans built a platform for four...
or near Brest and take control of the Goulet and roadstead of Brest. The English that Brest's fate mainly depended on control of the goulet, remembering...
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