File:A Gooseberry off the beaches at Ouistreham.jpg

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English: IWM caption : OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS), JUNE 1944. A Gooseberry, a line of block ships laid off the beaches at Ouistreham to form a reef before the rest of the Mulberry Port was assembled. The Gooseberry includes the old HMS DURBAN and the Netherlands ship SUMATRA. Two DUKWs can be seen moving amongst the block ships.
Note: Goosberry 5 at Sword beach. In centre, Royal Dutch cruiser Sumatra, right: HMS Durban
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This photograph A 24055 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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Claude Henry Parnall  (1897–1986)  wikidata:Q110967291
 
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C. H. Parnall; Parnall, C H (Lt)
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Date of birth/death 19 June 1897 Edit this at Wikidata 1986 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q110967291
, Royal Navy official photographer

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