{"id":730,"date":"2021-02-26T12:37:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ddaylepe.org.uk\/?page_id=730"},"modified":"2021-03-19T11:56:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T11:56:45","slug":"invasion-force-berthing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ddaylepe.org.uk\/index.php\/invasion-force-berthing\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasion Force Berthing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following on the successful marshalling of troops and equipment onshore and their subsequent embarkation onto ships and landing craft, the huge armada had to be gathered together, under great secrecy, in ports and wet-moorings around our coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These craft, fully loaded were now prepared and ready for a highly coordinated departure, destined for the Normandy beaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheltered berthing areas offered by Southampton Water and both the Eastern and Western part of The Solent, locally became a waterborne &#8220;Parking place&#8221; to hundreds of craft of all shape and sizes, each with a designated task and destination in Normandy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berthing Plan maps and charts exist of our local waters that show the various areas generally designated to a type of vessel eg LCT&#8217;s etc and specific wet berths, individually identified and allocated to specific vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have reproduced a copy of the Western Solent Berthing Plan and with the aid of other reference materials and research have identified specific ships to their actual wet-berth positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A copy of this marked-up plan will subsequently appear here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Broadly speaking, the shipping and craft berthed in the Western Solent, departed via the Needles Channel at the Western end of the Isle of Wight, whilst those berthed in the Eastern Solent departed via the Spithead Channel at the Eastern end of the Isle of Wight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cross channel armada from the Solent area,joined with other parts of the cross Channel armada, that originated from other points around our coasts, to once again be assembled for departure to Normandy.<br>This final assembly point, Code named Area &#8220;Z&#8221;, and nicknamed &#8220;Piccadilly Circus&#8221; was an area of the English Channel, south of the Isle of Wight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many stories , recollections and memoirs, both written and orally recorded, that desribe both the sights and the events, just offshore at Lepe, in Southampton Water, the Beaulieu River and along the coast. Due to the rules under which the utmost secrecy had to be maintained, personal photos are probably non-existent and official photographs are relatively rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ddaylepe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Eastern-Solent.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ddaylepe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Eastern-Solent.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ddaylepe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Eastern-Solent-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This official aerial picture (\u00a9 IWM) is of a section of the Eastern Solent, taken over Lee-on Solent on the left with the North coast of the Isle of Wight on the right.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on the successful marshalling of troops and equipment onshore and their subsequent embarkation onto ships and landing craft, the huge armada had to be gathered together, under great secrecy, in ports and wet-moorings around our coast. 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