Dunkirk

The harbour

Dunkirk (Dunkerque) is France's northernmost port, on the North Sea coast near the Belgian border and the eastern approach to the Strait of Dover.

It is best remembered for the 1940 evacuation, when hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers were taken off its beaches and harbour. Today the port handles iron ore and coal for a large steelworks, containers, liquefied natural gas and regular ferries to Dover.

The approaches are tricky: a series of long sandbanks runs parallel to the coast, and a sailor must follow buoyed channels between them to reach the harbour.

Dunkirk in PerpeNaval

Region

North Sea & Baltic

Country

France

Position

51.04°N 2.37°E

Size in the game

a regional port (tier 1)

Fuel

about $236 a tonne at full stock

Trades

Grain, Machinery, Textiles, Steel, Fresh produce, Wine, Coffee, Cocoa, Medicine

On the quay

a quay and a fuel berth

Waters

policed: no pirate stations here

The album

stamp, postcard, white-beaked dolphin, viking-style rune stone

The nearest harbours by sea

Routed on the game's sea grid with the canals open, the way a ship sails it.

Lately at Dunkirk