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Description

A Gooseberry, a line of block ships laid off the beaches to form a reef before the rest of the Mulberry was assembled. The Gooseberry includes the old HMS DURBAN and the Netherlands ship SUMATRA.
Source

IWMCollections IWM Photo No.:A 24054
Date

9 June 1944
Author

Parnall, C H (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer
Permission
(Reusing this image)
Public domain This artistic work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government and taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It is a photograph or an engraving created by the United Kingdom Government and commercially published prior to 1958; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created by the United Kingdom Government prior to 1958.

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