Northleach Historical Society ¦ D-Day 1944: Gloucestershire and the Mulberry Harbours
The Westwoods Centre Bassett Road, NorthleachAs the nation prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day in June Paul Barnett tells us about about ‘the Purton Hulks’, a fleet of vessels beached on the foreshore at Purton, where the Gloucester and Sharpness canal runs next to the River Severn. The site is the largest ship graveyard in Britain, with 81 … Continue reading Northleach Historical Society ¦ D-Day 1944: Gloucestershire and the Mulberry Harbours