Wilhelmshaven
[vil-helms-hah-fuh n]
- a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea.
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The journey ended on the 25th of May, just one month after leaving Wilhelmshaven.
But Kiel, Wilhelmshaven and Zeebrugge are likely to change all this.
Aircraft and SubmarinesWillis J. Abbot.
He evidently has no desire to share the fate of "Wilhelmshaven."
As we passed through the suburbs of Wilhelmshaven we began to get some inkling of where the food came from.
To Kiel in the 'Hercules'Lewis R. Freeman
Steeples and factory chimneys and the loom of lofty barracks located Wilhelmshaven without revealing it.
To Kiel in the 'Hercules'Lewis R. Freeman
Wilhelmshaven
- a port and resort in NW Germany, in Lower Saxony: founded in 1853; was the chief German North Sea naval base until 1945; a major oil port. Pop: 84 586 (2003 est)
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