Halve Maan
Updated January 23 2005.
During WWI this location was used as the German Battery 'Eylau'. During february 1943 the Hundius battery was constructed at the same place but was moved later on in the direction of 'Fort Napoleon'.
All drawings and number assignments are from Rudi Rolf.
Overview of the Halve Maan location.
More detailed section of the main location
of the Halve Maan battery.
The location of the individual emplacements
have been measured with a GPS Garmin Etrex Legend.
The position of these emplacements are projected
on a NGI(Nationaal Geografisch Instituut) chart which has been extracted
from a NGI CD ROM.
The 3 flak emplacements of the Halve Maan battery. Right the brick building on position number 14.
R633 Bunker for M19. Number 3 on plan.
Ground Plan with numbers assigned by Rudi Rolf.
This R633 is the only one remaining at the
Belgian coast.
As an extra feauture, there's a Tobruk installed
at the right side of the bunker.
You better ask permission to enter this
bunker and the Vf buker below !
Emergency
exit 'Bereitshaftsraum' number 3.
Stand für M19. Number 42 on plan. With text in it.
Vf
bunker one room and a corridor. Number 2.
Guardbunker
number 4(not visible on plan). Original Location ?
R656 at location number 7. Plan an numbers by Rudi Rolf.
Right
entrance R656 number 7: Ostende 01-134 V
Text in the R656 number 7: Bereitschaftsraum number 3.
Canteen: number 9.
R610 command bunker: Number 10 on plan.
The interior has been altered in such a way
that nothing much is left.
The upper section has been added by the Belgian
Marine.
R515: Number 13 on Plan. Again with disgusting graffity on it...
Number 17: Modified L421A command bunker with an open emplacement on top.
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Left: 01-132V at entrance.
Right: Number 2 Nahkampfraum.
Top of the L421A.
L410A: Number 20 on plan. Flak bunker.
Gun Emplacement number 10 and entrance.
Picture taken in the 'Bereitschaftsraum 3'
but looking at rooms number 22(L) and 33(R)
Number 22=Lüfterraum
Number 33=Unteroffiziersraum
The numbers on some of the room entrances are
probably from the Belgian Navy
when the bunker was in use by them after WWII.
Concrete room used for storage. It is
formed as en L.
In the background you have the light flak
emplacement number 22.
Open emplacement for light Flak. Number 22.
Brick building number 23.
Number 31: SK bunker. Not sure for what purpose it served.