Battery Lothringen Battery Lothringen was a World War II coastal artillery battery in Saint Brélade , Jersey , named after the SMS " Lothringen " , and constructed by Organisation Todt for the Wehrmacht during the Occupation of the Channel Islands . The first installations were completed in 1941 , around the same time as the completion of the nearby Battery Moltke , in St . Ouen . The battery site is located at the end of Noirmont Point , a rock headland which overlooks St . Aubin ' s Bay , Elizabeth Castle , and the harbours of Saint Helier . It was a part of the Atlantic Wall system of coastal fortifications , and most of the concrete structures remain today . The 3rd Battery of Naval Artillery Battalion 604 were stationed here . The site overlooks the 19th Century Martello tower of La Tour de Vinde . This is the black and white tower visible in the photo to the right . The tower is painted to serve as a daymark . There is no easy footpath from the battery to the tower . Naval guns . In 1941 , the main guns in the battery were three 15 cm SK L / 45 naval guns , with a fourth 15 cm SK L / 45 installed later . These guns were originally manufactured by Krupp and date from 1917 . The guns were placed on elevated concrete platforms . Ammunition was stored in nearby bunkers , and was manually transferred from the bunkers , via concrete footpath s , to smaller concrete storage bays at the guns . After the Liberation of the Channel Islands , the guns were removed by the British Army , and discarded at the foot of the cliffs at Les Landes , in St Ouen . Gun no . 1 . This gun was positioned on top of a walled concrete platform , with one access ramp , and a small room alongside the gun . Ammunition was stored in Ammunition Bunker VII , and was manually moved from the bunker up to the gun , via a sloping concrete path , to be stowed upright in small bays , just to the rear of the gun . To the rear of the platform , there was a barrack hut , an administrative building , and a personnel bunker . Only the bunker remains in 2012 . To the east , was a latrine structure . Electrical and communications services for this gun were linked to the command bunker . In 1992 , the gun no . 1 was recovered and returned Noirmont Point . The recovery work was completed in March 1998 , by placing the cannon back on to the gun platform , using a Chinook helicopter . Gun no . 2 . In 1941 , this gun was positioned on top of a concrete platform , located to the north east of the command bunker . Gun no . 3 . Gun no . 3 was positioned on top of a concrete platform . The ammunition bunkers are not in close proximity to this platform , so extra storage bays were built below the platform . In 2012 , there is no gun at this position . A section of the platform wall is missing , due to demolition when the gun was removed . Gun no . 4 . Gun no . 4 was positioned on top of a concrete platform . MP1 tower . The Marine Peilstand 1 tower , or MP1 tower , was used to observe targets at sea . The round tower is around tall , and has four observation floors , each with a wide , and narrow embrasure ( for observation purposes only ) . Each of these floors was assigned to observe for one of the four 15 cm naval guns . The tower has five floors , including a windowless lower floor , plus a further open rooftop floor . Access is gained via a steel door , at the top floor , which is protected by an adjacent embrasure , suitable for small arms . An Oerlikon 20 mm cannon was placed on the top of the tower for anti - aircraft purposes . In 2012 , the gun is no longer present , but its steel support can be seen . The tower , built between April and October 1943 , is located near the top of the steep sloping cliff , and extends no higher than the headland , which means its profile does not protrude in to the sky when seen from afar . The visibility of the tower was reduced further using camouflage . It is one of three completed direction and range finding towers , of this type , in Jersey . Nine towers were planned , but only towers numbered 1 to 3 were built . The towers were to be positioned around the entire coast of Jersey , so that any neighboring pair of towers could work together to pin - point a precise location of a target using triangulation . The position of the target would be passed on to the artillery , so that the gun could be rotated , raised or lowered to the correct orientation to fire upon that position . Westwall type 101v bunker . This personnel bunker is adjacent to the tower . It was sealed and filled in after the Liberation , and was excavated from 2009 , by the Channel Islands Occupation Society . Type M . 132 Command bunker . The command bunker is located alongside the MP1 tower . It featured an armored naval rangefinder , and two steel observation cupolas . A periscope was used in conjunction with the rangefinder , to determine the direction of a target . The bunker was built between March 1943 , and May 1944 . It has two floors , one entrance , and an escape shaft . It is constructed from reinforced concrete formwork . The lower - floor serves as a living area , and has 9 chambers , which include quarters for troops , 2 rooms for officers , an administration room , a standyby room , a room for central heating plant , and a coal store . There is an escape shaft , which is accessible from the NCO ' s room . The upper - floor includes the operations room , washroom , toilets , first aid room , telephone exchange , and an escape shaft . The main entrance is on this floor , and is defended by two embrasures . The operations room provides underside access to the cupolas . In 2012 , only the arms of the rangefinder are original . They were recovered from the foot of the cliffs , restored and attached to a new turret . This bunker has been restored and operates as a museum during the tourist season . Searchlights . Two searchlights were installed , on concrete platforms , on either side of the headland . In 2012 , only the platforms remain . Present day . In 2013 , the headland site is fully accessible at all times , and there is a public car park at the end of the headland . Some of the installations and interiors are in a restored state , and can be visited at various times - usually on Sundays . One may visit the gun emplacements can be visited at any time , including two partly restored guns , on display , at two of the gun platforms . Memorials . In 1950 the States of Jersey purchased the headland at Noirmont as a memorial to all those Jersey people who perished during the Occupation . A memorial stone was unveiled at Noirmont on 9 May 1970 to mark the 25th anniversary of Liberation . One of the bunkers has a plaque honouring two pilots of 263 Squadron who died on 7 December 1942 when they were shot down as they attacked a German convoy off the Point in their Whilrwind fighter - bombers . There is a memorial to the 16 men of the US Navy ' s PT Boat Squadron 34 who died on 9 August 1944 when they attacked a German convoy ferrying guns from Guernsey to Jersey . Fourteen of the men were from PT 509 , which rammed a German minesweeper escorting the convoy , and two were from PT503 .