Mulberry at Leith Yard - February 1944

Category

Library Item

Item no

37590

Title

Page from Leith Miscellany, volume VI, Mulberry at Leith Yard - February 1944

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1944

Type

Reproduction

The Mulberry harbours were two portable harbours, Mulberry A and Mulberry B, which were transported in sections to the coast of Normandy so that stores and reinforcements for the D-day landings in June 1944 could be offloaded onto the beaches. They were intended for use until a French port could be captured. Mulberry B was abandoned early due to storm damage but Mulberry A was used for ten months after D-day.

The majority of the construction work took place at Leith, on the shoreline between Western Harbour and the former Henry Robb & Co shipbuilding yards (where Ocean Terminal is now).

The first picture shows the building yard constructed at Leith on site intended by the Dock Commission for harbour extension.

Labour and materials were supplied by over 100 Scottish firms.

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