20 Apr 1913
France
France
- The French battleship Provence was launched at Lorient, France. ww2dbase [Provence | Lorient, Bretagne | AC]
17 Jan 1923
France
France
- The keel of light cruiser La Motte-Picquet was laid down by the Arsenal de Lorient in France. ww2dbase [La Motte-Picquet | Lorient, Bretagne | CPC]
21 Mar 1924
France
France
- La Motte-Picquet was launched at Lorient, France. ww2dbase [La Motte-Picquet | Lorient, Bretagne | CPC]
20 Dec 1931
France
France
- The keel of Jean de Vienne was laid down by the Arsenal de Lorient in Lorient, France. ww2dbase [Jean de Vienne | Lorient, Bretagne | CPC]
31 Jul 1935
France
France
- Jean de Vienne was launched at Lorient, France. ww2dbase [Jean de Vienne | Lorient, Bretagne | CPC]
21 Jul 1940
France
France
- U-56 arrived at Lorient, France and ended her tenth patrol. ww2dbase [U-56 | Lorient, Bretagne | CPC]
5 Aug 1942
France
France
- Japanese submarine I-30 arrived at Lorient, France, disembarking 3,300 pounds of mica, 1,452 pounds of shellac, and blueprints of the Type 91 aerial torpedo. ww2dbase [Lorient, Bretagne | CPC]
22 Aug 1942
France
France
- Japanese submarine I-30 departed Lorient, France with 50 T-Enigma coding machines (which would enable communications between Japanese Navy and German Navy), blueprint of air-defense radar, 5 G7a torpedoes, and 3 G7e electric torpedoes, and other technologies on board. ww2dbase [Lorient, Bretagne | CPC]
27 Apr 1943
France
France
- German submarine U-518 arrived at Lorient, France and disembarked three prisoners captured from Swedish motor merchant Industria, which U-518 had sunk on 25 Mar 1943. The prisoners were later repatriated by aircraft to Sweden. ww2dbase [Lorient, Bretagne | HM]
8 Dec 1943
France
France
- U-537 arrived at Lorient, France, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [U-537 | Lorient, Bretagne | CPC]
11 Sep 1946
France
France
- De Grasse was launched at Lorient, France. ww2dbase [De Grasse | Lorient, Bretagne | CPC]
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