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Tests were conducted in 1943 through to 1944, and proved an invaluable learning curve as several design flaws were identified and improved, including the abandonment of a proposed \u2018Swiss roll\u2019 floating roadway, which was found to be unsuitable for vehicles but useful by troops on foot.\n\n \n\n The use of Mulberry Harbours was vital to the success of the Day Landings as they allowed thousands of tonnes of vehicles and goods to be put ashore in Normandy each day. They enabled the Allied forces to disembark at a faster rate than was possible directly over the beaches. These artificial harbours were constructed by the Allies in many sections at various sites around the coast of the UK. After D-Day, tugboats towed the harbour components across the Channel before they were assembled off the Normandy coast. 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Both craft were not allowed to take shelter at Fishguard, but had to continue onwards towards Milford Haven. First LCG 15 was swamped by the seas and sank, and then LCG 16 did the same. Six men from the fisheries protection vessel HMS Rosemary also lost their lives as they tried to use the ship\u2019s lifeboat to rescue LCG 16\u2019s crew. \n\n The wrecks of these two craft are now a war grave, and a memorial to the men who died is situated slightly uphill from Freshwater West Beach.\n\n \n\n \n\n LCGs were designed for use on D-Day and in similar amphibious landings. They were converted from the LCT craft by installing a new deck over the normally open tank deck, converting the space that resulted into magazines and living quarters, and mounting two 4.7 inch guns on top of the new deck. The guns of the LCGs were used on D-Day to support Allied troops as they landed. The LCGs\u2019 shallow draft meant that they could go much closer inshore than more conventional warships. \n\n Preparing all the specialised landing craft for D-Day took many months due to the number involved. Although this incident took place over a year ahead of D-Day, it is quite possible that these two LCGs and their crews might have taken part in the Normandy Landings, had they not been lost. 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1 - LCT 7074