English: Britain's Mulberry Port at Arromanches
Two Prefabricated Ports, each as big as Gibraltar, were manufactured in Britain in sections, towed across the channel, and set down off the coast of Normandy. The use of the prefabricated ports greatly simplified the problem of supplying the Allied armies in France. This particular picture was taken when the Mulberry arrived at Arromanches and was being assembled. This image shows a line of block ships at high tide.
Date
between 1939 and 1945
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Admiralty Official Collection
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Associated places
Arromanches, Calvados, France
Associated events
France 1944, North West Europe, Second World War, Second World War
Category
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photographs
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