INFORMATION:

The large deep water port of Brest was large enough to receive battle ships like the Tirpitz. Also a U-boat pen was constructed inside the harbour. That meant that the whole area around the entrance to the Rade de Brest had to be defended. After the attack on the lock gate at St Nazaire the defence was again increased. After Pointe St Mathieu is the site of the Abbaye Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre and Wn Re137 the next defence position it R305 MKB Von Holtzendorf.