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Western Approaches HQ

Derby House, Liverpool

The secret bunker that ran the Battle of the Atlantic.

Hidden under an office block in Liverpool, this bunker was the headquarters for the Battle of the Atlantic, the long fight to protect convoys from German U-boats. Wrens moved model ships around a giant wall map as reports came in.

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When
1941–1945
Where
53.4080, -2.9910
Group
Secret bunkers & war sites

Visiting

Open as the Western Approaches museum.

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