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Military heritage Latvia, Kurzeme, Ventspils
The No. 46 Coastal Defence Battery of Ventspils
The No. 46 Coastal Defence Battery
It knocked back an attack against the Ventspils Port by German torpedo boats on June 24, 1941. On June 28, the cannons were blown up on command, and the Soviet military withdrew from Ventspils.
The No. 46 Coastal Defence Battery was located in Ventspils. Work on it began in 1939. The battery had room for four B-13 cannons, with a military campus built alongside for officers and their families, as well as troops which took care of the cannons. The battery was battle-ready at the beginning of World War II. It knocked back an attack against the Ventspils Port by German torpedo boats on June 24, 1941. On June 28, the cannons were blown up on command, and the Soviet military withdrew from Ventspils. Thieves of metal have seriously damaged the remnants of the battery, but some of the buildings on the military campus are still populated.
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The battery is to the South of Ventspils, not far from the Piejūras Park. Work on the battery began in 1939. Today the site is a complete mess, standing out in a negative way from the tidy city itself. People seeking building materials and ferrous metals helped to tear the place down. It’s too bad that this historical location – one that might be of interest to tourists – is in such sad shape, and right at the gates of the city, to boot. |
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