Fort Mahon
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Fort Mahon is a sea fort by the commune of Ambleteuse in the Pas-de-Calais, northern France. The fort was built at the end of the 17th century by the military architect Vauban on the orders of Louis XIV to defend the port in the estuary of the Slack. It was designated a Monument historique in the 1960s.
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- monument historique inscrit page@
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- Maisons des Illustres page@
- listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage page@
- Fondation du patrimoine page@
- Cultural Inventory page@
- Base Mérimée page@
Location: 50.8053, 1.6006, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Crécy campaign ⓘ
raid by an English army of Boulogne in 1346 -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1346-1347 siege by King Edward III during the Hundred Years' War -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1349 battle -
Battle of Ardres ⓘ
1351 battle during the Hundred Years' War -
Siege of Guînes ⓘ
Hundred Years' War siege -
Reims Campaign ⓘ
1359 military campaign -
Siege of Mercq ⓘ
1405 siege during the Hundred Years' War -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1436 failed siege of Calais by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy -
Siege of Boulogne ⓘ
1492 siege of Boulogne by Henry VII -
Sieges of Boulogne ⓘ
battle of the Italian War of 1542-1546 -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1558 battle -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1596 battle -
Battle of the Narrow Seas ⓘ
naval engagement that took place on the 3–4 October 1602 during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585 and part of the Dutch Revolt -
Fight in the Channel ⓘ
1639 naval battle -
Action of 10 August 1695 ⓘ
1695 naval battle -
Raids on Boulogne ⓘ
1801 naval battle -
Unknown ⓘ
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Raid on Boulogne ⓘ
1804 raid during the Napoleonic Wars -
Battle of Dover Strait ⓘ
1916 naval battle of World War I -
Second Battle of Dover Strait ⓘ
1917 naval battle of the First World War -
Action of 15 February 1918 ⓘ
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Battle of Boulogne ⓘ
1940 battle for the port and town of Boulogne-sur-Mer during the German blitzkrieg -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1940 battle -
Channel Dash ⓘ
1942 German naval operation during the Second World War -
Action of 13 May 1942 ⓘ
naval engagement during World War II -
batterie Flugplatz ⓘ
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Batterie Großer Kurfürst ⓘ
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Battery Oldenburg ⓘ
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Todt Battery ⓘ
Battery of coastal artillery built by Nazi Germany during World War II, located near Cape Gris-Nez, Pas de Calais, France. -
Batterie Lindemann ⓘ
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V-3 ⓘ
German supergun -
bunker in the dunes of Wissant ⓘ
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bunker on the beach of Wissant ⓘ
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Fort du Gris-Nez ⓘ
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Fort Mahon ⓘ
fort located on the coast of the Strait of Dover, northern France -
Fort Nieulay ⓘ
fort in Calais, France
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Fort Risban ⓘ
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Heurt Fort ⓘ
fort in France -
Fort de la Crèche ⓘ
French coastal battery -
Fortress of Mimoyecques ⓘ
Second World War underground military complex built by Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944 to house a battery of V-3 cannons aimed at London, 165 kilometres (103 mi) away. -
Iltis ⓘ
1927 Type 24 torpedo boat -
SM U-8 ⓘ
1911 Type U 5 submarine -
HMS Wessex ⓘ
1918 V and W-class destroyer
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Ambleteuse.- Fort Vauban also called Fort Mahon (Pas-de-Calais)
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Fort Mahon 3Fort Mahon| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1346 | Crécy campaign | Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1346 | Siege of Calais | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1350 | Siege of Calais | Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1351 | Battle of Ardres | battle, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1352 | Siege of Guînes | Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1359 | Reims Campaign | Kingdom of England, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1405 | Siege of Mercq | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1436 | Siege of Calais | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1492 | Siege of Boulogne | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1544 | Sieges of Boulogne | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1558 | Siege of Calais | Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1596 | Siege of Calais | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1602 | Battle of the Narrow Seas | Spain, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1639 | Fight in the Channel | Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1695 | Action of 10 August 1695 | Kingdom of England, Swedish Empire, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1801 | Raids on Boulogne | France, United Kingdom, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1803 | Unknown | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1804 | Raid on Boulogne | France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Dover Strait | German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Second Battle of Dover Strait | German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Action of 15 February 1918 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Boulogne | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Siege of Calais | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1942 | Channel Dash | military operation, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1942 | Action of 13 May 1942 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| link | page | monument historique inscrit page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | monument historique classé page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Maisons des Illustres page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Fondation du patrimoine page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Cultural Inventory page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Base Mérimée page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | Seeadler | Type 23 torpedo boat, torpedo boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM U-108 | Type U 93 submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM U-109 | U-boat, Type U 93 submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-103 | Type UB III submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-109 | Type UB III submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-35 | Type UB II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-38 | Type UB II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-55 | U-boat, Type UB III submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-56 | Type UB III submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UC-26 | Type UC II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UC-61 | Type UC II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | 1916 | SM UB-33 | Type UB II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | batterie Flugplatz | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Batterie Großer Kurfürst | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Battery Oldenburg | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | 1940 | Todt Battery | artillery battery, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1941 | Batterie Lindemann | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1944 | V-3 | destroyed building or structure, artillery battery, V-weapons | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | bunker in the dunes of Wissant | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | bunker on the beach of Wissant | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort du Gris-Nez | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Mahon | sea fort, fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Nieulay | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Risban | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Heurt Fort | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1879 | Fort de la Crèche | fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1943 | Fortress of Mimoyecques | military museum, military installation, launch pad | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | Iltis | Type 24 torpedo boat, shipwreck, torpedo boat | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | SM U-8 | shipwreck, Type U 5 submarine, submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1918 | HMS Wessex | shipwreck, destroyer, V and W-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Ambleteuse.- le Fort Vauban (2) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ambleteuse.- Fort Vauban also called Fort Mahon (Pas-de-Calais) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ambleteuse.- Fort Vauban also called Fort Mahon (Pas-de-Calais) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ambleteuse.- le Fort Vauban (2) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ambleteuse.- Fort Vauban also called Fort Mahon (Pas-de-Calais) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ambleteuse.- Fort Vauban also called Fort Mahon (Pas-de-Calais) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Mahon | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Mahon 2 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Mahon 3 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Mahon | Commons | ||
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