Post by KG on Jun 1, 2019 19:08:27 GMT
The British Merchant Navy will be represented in Bayeux Cathedral and Bayeux Cemetery, and other Ceremonies.
The British Merchant Navy will be represented in Bayeux Cathedral and Bayeux Cemetery, and other Ceremonies in Normandy, on 6th June 2019, alongside the British Army, Royal Navy and RAF. 150,000 seamen belonging to War fleets & Merchant Navy took part in the landing operations. 130,000 men, 20,000 vehicles were landed on the beaches on 6th June.
The Allied armada which crossed the Channel in the night of June 5th-6th comprised no fewer than 4,300 ships of all shapes and sizes (not counting the 2,600 barges carried by the large transport ships and lowered onto the waves close to the shore). It was made up mostly of British and American ships, though there were also Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Danish, Greek and Free French vessels.
This vast fleet was placed under the command of the British Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay. It was subdivided into the Western Task Force under Rear-Admiral Kirk, who was in charge of landings in the American sector (Naval Forces “U” for Utah Beach and “O” for Omaha), and the Eastern Task Force under Rear-Admiral Vian, who was in charge of operations in the Anglo-Canadian sector (Naval Forces “G” for Gold Beach, “J” for Juno and “S” for Sword). Each force, composed of several hundred transport ships, auxiliary vessels and escort ships, was accompanied by a naval bombardment squadron of between fifteen and twenty warships (battleships, cruisers and destroyers).
Royal British Legion - Paris France , on 6th June 2019, alongside the British Army, Royal Navy and RAF. 150,000 seamen belonging to War fleets & Merchant Navy took part in the landing operations. 130,000 men, 20,000 vehicles were landed on the beaches on 6th June.
The Allied armada which crossed the Channel in the night of June 5th-6th comprised no fewer than 4,300 ships of all shapes and sizes (not counting the 2,600 barges carried by the large transport ships and lowered onto the waves close to the shore). It was made up mostly of British and American ships, though there were also Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Danish, Greek and Free French vessels.
This vast fleet was placed under the command of the British Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay. It was subdivided into the Western Task Force under Rear-Admiral Kirk, who was in charge of landings in the American sector (Naval Forces “U” for Utah Beach and “O” for Omaha), and the Eastern Task Force under Rear-Admiral Vian, who was in charge of operations in the Anglo-Canadian sector (Naval Forces “G” for Gold Beach, “J” for Juno and “S” for Sword). Each force, composed of several hundred transport ships, auxiliary vessels and escort ships, was accompanied by a naval bombardment squadron of between fifteen and twenty warships (battleships, cruisers and destroyers).
Royal British Legion - Paris France