Gooseberry breakwater

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A line of sunken ships forms a Gooseberry breakwater off Utah Beach.

(Top) Plan and (bottom) side view of Mulberry B, the artificial harbour built at Arromanches, France, during the Normandy Invasion of World War II.

Gooseberry breakwater

naval engineering

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…lines of scuttled ships (called Gooseberries), and a line of floating breakwaters (called Bombardons). It was estimated that construction of the caissons alone required 330,000 cubic yards (252,000 cubic metres) of concrete, 31,000 tons of steel, and 1.5 million yards (1.4 million metres) of steel shuttering.
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…lines of scuttled ships (called Gooseberries), and a line of floating breakwaters (called Bombardons). It was estimated that construction of the caissons alone required 330,000 cubic yards (252,000 cubic metres) of concrete, 31,000 tons of steel, and 1.5 million yards (1.4 million metres) of steel shuttering.
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