Cap de la Hague (French pronunciation: [kap də la aɡ]) is a cape at the tip of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, France. The La Hague area has precambrian...
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Cap de la Hague, a cape at the northwestern tip of the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. A strong current runs through the race north of the Passage de...
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three areas: the headland of Cap de la Hague, the Cotentin Pass (the Plain), and the valley of the Saire River (Val de Saire). It forms the bulk of the...
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Islands both to France and to the United Kingdom. It is separated from Cap de la Hague by the dangerous Alderney Race (French: Raz Blanchard). As of March...
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made up Groups C and D. These three groups headed for a position near Cap de la Hague. Group B (the destroyers Brocklesby, Fernie, Tynedale and the Polish...
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service, were planned to be emplaced at Paimpol, Brittany and on the Cap de la Hague on the Cotentin Peninsula, but construction never actually began. Construction...
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cruise. The Allied force headed at speed for an interception point near Cap de la Hague. 2 MTB flotillas were following 5 destroyers. Drayson was in the second...
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the Divette [fr] and at the south of the bay between Cap Lévi [fr] to the east and Cap de La Hague to the west, Cherbourg-Octeville is 120 km (75 mi) from...
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L’Ambiteux. On 21 May, the French fleet was anchored against the tide off Cap de la Hague. The leading contingent, 21 ships—now under Pannetier—had rounded the...
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Scuvée. Guery, Jean-Louis (2010). The Normandy Coast from the Air: Cap de la Hague to Cap Fréhel. Adlard Coles Nautical. pp. 16–17. ISBN 9781408112762. GASO...
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