Kvarven Fort was a mountain fort strategically located by the main shipping channel of the Byfjorden leading to Bergen, Norway. In the late 1800s, relations...
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lakes Skåleviksvatnet and Søre Skåleviksvatnet. North of Ørnafjellet is Kvarven fort, a strategic point during World War II, still featuring several bunkers...
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– Historic Gravdal manor house, later military command headquarters Kvarven Fort – Coastal defense built to protect the local port and naval installations...
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Oscarsborg Fortress (category Forts in Norway)
of two in Norway and it differed from the other torpedo battery (at Kvarven Fort outside Bergen) in that it was designed to launch its torpedoes from...
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Fortress (Alta) Hegra Fortress Helgøya Fortress Kvarven Fort Odderøya Fortress Oscarsborg Fortress Trondenes Fort Meløyvær Fortress Møvik Fortress Nielsen,...
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infantry in the town directly. A 21 cm (8.3 in) coastal battery at the Kvarven Fort took the ship under fire, and scored three hits, all forward. The hits...
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Byfjorden leading to Bergen around 04:00. Kvarven Fort opened fire shortly afterwards, and then Hellen Fort, but they made no hits on the leading ships...
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Byfjorden leading to Bergen around 04:00. Kvarven Fort opened fire shortly afterwards, and then Hellen Fort, but they made no hits on the leading ships...
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(some 13 kilometers west and south from central Bergen). Opposite (the fort of) Kvarven there was a small boat under oars retreating quickly, at which the...
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HNoMS Uredd HNoMS Maud HNoMS Olav Tryggvason HNoMS Magnus Lagabøte HNoMS Kvarven HNoMS Nordnes NoCGV Jan Mayen NoCGV Bjørnøya NoCGV Hopen NoCGV Svalbard...
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