Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, United Kingdom
History and Layout
In 1941, around the same time construction started on Coastal Battery Moltke up north, Marine Küstenbatterie Lothringen was formed at the Noirmont Point near the town of Saint Brélade. This Coastal Battery on the Channel Island was named after a German Imperial Navy Ship of the Breslau Class named SMS Lothringen.
Ammo bunker near gun nr 1 – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, U.K.Ammo bunker near gun nr 1 – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, U.K.Gun Position nr. 1 – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, United KingdomGun Position nr. 1 – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, United KingdomGun Position nr. 1 – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, United KingdomGun Position nr. 1 – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, United KingdomGun Position nr. 1 – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, United Kingdom
The M.K.B. Lothringen was constructed by Organisation Todt and consisted of four 15 cm SK L/45 naval guns. These guns were manufactured by the Krupp firm in 1917. All four guns were placed in concrete elevated open gun positions. Ammunition bunkers, personnel bunkers, Anti-Aircraft positions and two search light platforms are placed nearby. A command bunker with Regelbau number M 132 was built at the sea side next to the Kriegsmarine Peilstand und Messtellung 1, the Naval observation tower MP 1.
After the Allied took control of the Channel islands in 1945 they dispatched the guns and threw them off the cliffs near the Naval observation tower MP 3 at Les Landes up north. One of the original guns was recovered and reinstalled in later years.
Searchlight position Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, U.K.Gun Position nr. 3 Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, U.K.Regelbau 101 Personnel bunker and 2cm Flak position – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, U.K.2cm Flak position – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, United KingdomGun position nr. 2 for a 15 cm SK L/45 gun – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, U.K.Gun position nr. 2 for a 15 cm SK L/45 gun – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, U.K.Gun position nr. 2 for a 15 cm SK L/45 gun – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, U.K.Gun position nr. 2 for a 15 cm SK L/45 gun – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, U.K.Gun position nr. 2 for a 15 cm SK L/45 gun – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, U.K.Personnel bunker for gun position nr. 2 – Coastal Batterie Lothringen – Jersey, U.K.
Visit
The coastal batterie Lothringen is free to visit, most locations are open all year. Some are closed but may be visited in guided tours given by the Jersey War Tour organization.
Car parks are located between the gun positions. The Kriegsmarine bunker M 132 with its rangefinder seems to be a museum and is open from time to time.
