#Le havre u boot bunker full#
He had full power and organized the neighbourhood of Saint-François according to specific standards ( grid plan, limiting the height of the houses, etc.). The same year Francis I entrusted the planning and fortification project with Italian architect Girolamo Bellarmato. A gothic tower with a large octagonal spire was added in 1540. In 1536 the chapel was rebuilt in wood with stone pillars under the direction of Guillaume de Marceilles. In 1525, a storm caused the death a hundred people, destroyed 28 fishing boats and the Chapel of Notre Dame. Ships also went fishing for cod in Newfoundland. The military function was also encouraged: Le Havre was an assembly point for the French fleet during the wars. The king himself travelled there in 1520 and granted in perpetuity the privileges of Le Havre and gave them his own arms consisting of a salamander. Despite difficulties associated with marshland and storms, the port of Le Havre welcomed its first ship in October 1518. On 8 October 1517, François I signed the founding charter of the port the plans of which are first assigned to Vice Admiral Guyon le Roy. At the beginning of the 16th century the growth of trade, the silting-up of the port of Harfleur, and the fear of an English landing pushed the king François I to found the port of Le Havre and the town.
During the Hundred Years War the fortified ports Leurre and Harfleur were destroyed.
Several hamlets of fishermen and farmers, the first parishes emerged in the High Middle Ages. It was at this time that William Malet, companion of William the Conqueror built himself a castle at Graville and a Motte-and-bailey castle in Aplemont. It served as a shelter for ships awaiting the tide to enter the port of Harfleur upstream. The village of Leure and its commercial port appear in the 11th century. The first mention of Graville Abbey was in the 9th century, about Sanvic on the plateau. A Roman road linked Lillebonne (Juliobona) at the mouth of the Seine through the current territory of the commune of Le Havre. From ancient times river traffic on the Seine supported Gallo-Roman cities of the estuary. During the Iron Age Celtic people from Caletes settled in the region. Many remains from the Neolithic period have been excavated in the lower city and the Montgeon Forest : it is at this time that the population increased and settled down in the first hamlets. Human presence on the territory of Le Havre dates back to Prehistory around 400,000 BC. The source "" is page 21 of "HITLER'S U-boat Bases" Jak P Mallmann Showell 2002 Sutton Publishing ISBN 0-7509-2606-6.Graville Abbey is the oldest building in Le Havre It should be the U-Boat to which the flag belongs ! Gerhard Palmgren hit one ship on this patrol from convoy FTC-69.Īccording to the following book, U 741 had hit a surface vessel earlier and had to head for Le Havre for repair:īut more interesting, I have also found a reference to a "situation in Le Havre in France when captured U-boat men were interrogated by the British." in On the 3rd Aug 1944, U 741 left Le Havre under the command of Gerhard Palmgren. Navigating through the web, I've found that at least one type VIIC U-Boat, U 741, actually stopped at Le Havre in August 1944 but was sunk shortly afterwards so it cannot be the U-Boat we are looking for.
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