This was a dive on the South coast of England, The Mulberry pontoons were designed prior to the Normandy D Day invasion. They were built inland using reinforced concrete and towed across the English Channel, The Mulberry Harbour was built for D-Day in June 1944. The Mulberry Harbour’s purpose was to ease and speed up the unloading process so that Allied troops were supplied as they advanced across France after breaking out from Normandy. The success of D-Day could only be maintained if the advancing troops were supplied and more men landed. The Mulberry Harbour was one of the greatest engineering feats of World War Two.One, known as Mulberry A, was constructed at Omaha Beach and the other, known as Mulberry B (though nicknamed ‘Port Winston’), was constructed off Arromanches at Gold Beach. Put together like a vast jigsaw puzzle, when both were fully operational, they were capable of moving 7,000 tons of vehicles and goods each day. The remains of this section are as result of the tests prior to the invasion to see if the sections could be re floated from the sea bed, during the tests the section broke its back and in later years was then used as a practice bombing target for the Royal Navy.

• published: 22 Sep 2014
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