Mulberry Harbour

Here's a history lesson:

During World War II, it became pretty clear that when the last invasions were to take place to oust the German's of their control, having a blockade that stopped their air raids would not be enough - the seas would need to be blocked as well. Seems, pretty obvious, yeah? Well, constructing a harbour that didn't exist to block German ships from the shore that was already under siege was a great idea, but hard to actually do. If they landed on the beach where the attack would occur, they'd come under attack. So the idea to build two artificial harbours elsewhere (the UK) and then float them into place (at Normandy) came to be. These were called the Mulberry Harbours. [Source]

Between Bognor and its suburb Aldwick, one of the pontoons from Mulberry Harbour, which didn't make it accros the channel as it was towed toward Normandy, washed up shortly after D-Day. It's just sitting there on shore and can be seen at low tide. [Source]

It's pretty cool, I gotta say.

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In the pirate ARRRRchives!