Mouillage

Normandy Beach

3.5FranceCôte Fleurie and Alabaster Coast

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Shelter: SW, S, SE
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Open roadstead off the Normandy landing beaches between Port-en-Bessin and Courseulles-sur-Mer, on sand.

Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Fully exposed to northerly winds and swell. Sand bottom, good holding in calm conditions. Sheltered only from SW, S and SE breezes. Remains of the Mulberry harbour at Arromanches lie within the sector: keep clear of the caissons, which are charted.

Practical

No services at the anchorage. Port-en-Bessin at 5.6 NM to the W and Courseulles-sur-Mer at 5.9 NM to the E for fuel, water and shops.

Ashore

Landing beaches of 6 June 1944: Gold, Juno, Omaha and Sword run along this coast. Arromanches 360 cinema and the Musée du Débarquement are on the seafront at Arromanches-les-Bains. American cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer on the cliff above Omaha Beach.

History

The Allied landings of 6 June 1944 took place on these beaches. The artificial harbour at Arromanches, known as Mulberry B, handled up to 9 000 tonnes of supplies a day during the summer of 1944 before being dismantled.