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Arromanches, the Mulberry harbour

DivingNo permitNo mooring buoys

Wrecks

Brittany, FRArromanches, the Mulberry harbour
Best time
May–Sep
Water temp.
9–18 °C
Dive depth
5–25 m
Coordinates49°20′56″ N, 0°36′51″ W

The concrete Phoenix caissons of Mulberry B, towed across the Channel in June 1944 and sunk to make a harbour where there was none, now broken into a reef of concrete blocks with conger and lobster in them, plus landing craft, tanks and blockships scattered along the beaches. The Allies could not capture a port, so they brought one, two prefabricated harbours towed from England in sections. The American Mulberry at Omaha was destroyed by the storm of 19 June 1944; the British one at Arromanches worked for ten months and landed over two million men. Much of it is still on the seabed and above it at low water. Anchorage: No anchorage at Arromanches itself; Port-en-Bessin and Courseulles are the shelter on this coast. Hazards: Cold, low visibility, strong tidal streams and unexploded ordnance. Dive it with a Normandy operator who knows the tide windows.

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