Mulberry "B" Harbour - Arromanches, France
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A Mulberry harbour was a portable temporary harbour developed by the British in World War II to facilitate rapid offloading of cargo onto the beaches during the Allied invasion of Normandy.
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Location: Normandie, France
Date Posted: 09/01/2014
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Two prefabricated or artificial military harbours were taken in sections across the English Channel from Britain with the invading army and assembled off the coast of Normandy as part of the D-Day invasion of France in 1944.
Mulberry was the code name for the artificial harbours. These were the "Gooseberries" which metamorphosed into fully fledged harbours. There were two harbours, Mulberry "A" and Mulberry "B". The "Mulberry" harbours consisted of a floating outer breakwater called "Bombardons", a static breakwater consisting of "Gooseberries" and reinforced concrete caissons called "Phoenix", floating piers or roadways code named "Whale" and pier heads code named "Spuds". These harbours were both of a similar size to Dover harbour.
Mulberry "B" was the harbour assembled on Gold Beach at Arromanches for use by the British and Canadian invasion forces. Was finally decommissioned 6 months after D-Day as allied forces were able to use the recently captured port of Antwerp to offload troops and supplies.
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The exact replica of this harbour can be seen inside D-Day Landing Museum. There are a five long display cases with a very detailed model of the entire port. The display cases are filled with water. This helps us to understand how to harbour was able to continue operating during a tide.
Outside the museum we can see one iron segment of floating causeways and also the last visible remnants of the Mulberry "B" Harbor in the sea.