Harbour

Dunkerque Bassin de la Marine

Name: Dunkerque Bassin de la Marine
Address: Dunkirk, FR

3.1Dunkirk, France

Type: Harbour

Inner basin of the port of Dunkerque in Hauts-de-France, located in the heart of the city alongside the Yacht Club de la Mer du Nord.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Access from the commercial port via the Trystram lock, operated on request to the lock keeper on VHF 73. Strong currents can be felt outside the lock on spring tides. The approach to Dunkerque is well buoyed and the outer harbour has ample water at all states of tide.

Practical

Pontoon berths with water and shore power. Showers and toilets at the yacht club. Diesel is available at the fuel berth in the adjacent Bassin du Commerce. Town centre shops, market and rail station within 600 metres on foot.

Ashore

Musée Portuaire on the old tobacco warehouse quay at 400 metres, covering the history of the harbour. Three-masted Duchesse Anne moored nearby as a museum ship. FRAC Grand Large contemporary art centre at 1.2 km on the former shipyard site. Beach of Malo-les-Bains at 2 km.

History

Dunkerque was the base of corsair Jean Bart in the late 17th century and the site of Operation Dynamo in May and June 1940, when 338 000 Allied troops were evacuated to England from the beaches and moles of the port.