WWII Mulberry Harbour Section


WWII Mulberry Harbour Section
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By: joepublic @ 2008-08-28 18:59:04
Description: A concrete barge which should have been used as part of the floating roadway of the Mulberry harbour for the D Day landings. According to locals, this section came adrift before it could be towed to the Normandy coastline on the morning of 6th June 1944.
Location: Bognor Regis, West Sussex UK, United Kingdom (GB)
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kjfitz @ 2008-08-28 20:43:03
kjfitz's picture I don't think this is a Mulberry. Mulberry's were massive. Looking around there is what looks more like a partially sunken Mulberry just to the SW:
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=sft17cgy5f4y&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=10946426&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

Here's what a Mulberry looks like above water:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/13880/
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25475/
kjfitz @ 2008-08-28 20:43:50
kjfitz's picture And welcome to VGT! (sorry for jumping all over your first post)
kjfitz @ 2008-08-28 22:32:08
kjfitz's picture Joe is correct. These are part of the harbour but not a Mulberry section:

http://www.citiesofscience.co.uk/go/London/ContentPlace_2677.html

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