Submarine Bases - United States Navy Submarine Bases, Naval Submarine Base New London, La Rochelle, New Suffolk, New York, Naval Station Norfolk (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: United States Navy submarine bases, Naval Submarine Base New London, La Rochelle, New Suffolk, New York, Naval Station Norfolk, Saint-Nazaire, Pearl Harbor, Submarine pen, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, HMNB Clyde, BETASOM, German U-boat bases in occupied Norway, Lorient, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, Naval Base Kitsap, Ile Longue, Coco Solo, Naval Base Point Loma, Dora 1, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, La Pallice, USN Submarine Base, Ordnance Island, Bermuda. Excerpt: La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. The city is connected to the Ile de Re by a 2.9 km (1.8 mi) bridge completed on 19 May 1988. Its harbour opens into a protected strait, the Pertuis d'Antioche. Coin of the Santones Gauls, 5th-1st century BC, Cabinet des Medailles. Early Celtic coins were often inspired by the coinage of Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul. Gallo-Roman warrior statuette found near La Rochelle in 1844. Orbigny-Bernon Museum. Coastline around La Rochelle in Roman times.The area of La Rochelle was occupied in antiquity by the Gaul tribe of the Santones, who gave their name to the nearby region of Saintonge and the city of Saintes. The Romans then occupied the area, where they developed salt production along the coast as well as wine production, which was then reexported throughout the Empire. Roman villas were found at Saint-Eloi and at Les Minimes, as well as salt evaporation ponds dating to the same period. La Rochelle was founded during the 10th century, and became an important harbour in the 12th century. The establishment of La Rochelle as a harbour was a consequence of the victory of Guillaume X, Duke of Aquitaine over Isambert de Chatelaillon in 1130 and the subsequent destruction of his harbour of Ch...