Obelisk of Dover Patrol

France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Escalles / sentier du Blanc Nez
 memorial, First World War 1914-1918, obelisk
The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command of the First World War. The Dover Patrol formed a discrete unit of the Royal Navy based at Dover and Dunkirk for the duration of the First World War. Its primary task was to prevent enemy German shipping - chiefly submarines - from accessing the English Channel en route to the Atlantic Ocean, thereby obliging the German Navy to travel via the much longer route around Scotland.
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Coordinates:   50°55'29"N   1°42'35"E
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