French coasts are heavily fortified with artillery of various vintages. The most modern emplacements are those using the 340mm/45 Model 1912. Each of the five cancelled Normandie class battleships (laid down 1913, launched 1914, cancelled ) were to mount twelve, in three quadruple turrets. In some cases, these turrets have been retained for the coast artillery emplacements. Other emplacements use dual turrets. A total of 72 340mm/45 were made available to the coast artillery. And since the scrapping of the Danton class predreadnoughts, 40 245mm/50 Model 1906 have also been assigned to the coast artillery.
New emplacements, and their armament, are given below:
Calais
1 quad 340mm turret
2 dual 245mm turrets
Cherbourg
4 dual 245mm/50 turrets
Brest
2 quad 340mm turrets
2 dual 245mm turrets
Lamour-Plage
2 dual 245mm/50
western tip of Il de Groix
1 quad 340mm turret
Quiberon
1 quad 340mm turrets
On Belle-Isle
Sauzon - 2 dual 245mm/50
10 km south of Sauzon - 2 dual 245mm/50
Locmaria - 2 dual 245mm/50
Batz-sur-Mer
2 dual 340mm turrets
northern tip of Il de Normoutier
1 quad 340mm turrets
Le Chaume
2 dual 340mm turrets
Westernmost point of Il-de-Fe
1 quad 340mm turret
St-Denis-d'Oleron
1 quad 340mm turret
10 km east of Les Mathes
2 dual 340mm turrets
Soulac-sur-Mer
2 dual 340mm turrets - New installation
Peripignan
2 dual 340mm turrets - New installation
Toulon
2 quad 340mm turrets - New installation
On Corsica:
Bonifacio - 2 dual 340mm turrets - New installation
10 km west of Ajaccio - 2 dual 340mm turrets - New installation
Botticella - 2 dual 340mm turrets - New installation
Aleria - 2 dual 245/50mm turrets - New installation
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