"Cotentin 44" U390 Leopoldville Ddtank - UK Version

- On June 6th 1944, during Operation Neptune, the naval phase of D-Day, almost 200 vessels sank off the coast of Normandy.

Later in the day many smaller vessels went down -- landing barges, minesweepers, and also the amphibious DD tanks, one of the symbols of the 'longest day'.
Many other vessels sank in the weeks and months which followed.
Today we are going to look at some of the more significant shipwrecks off the Cotentin coast
We must remember that the Manche shoreline carries many memories of human adventure, often tragic, related to the Normandy landings. And even today there are still dozens of wrecks which lie beneath the waves.
Let us look at three of these
- The famous Duplex drive tanks which sunk the morning of June 6th near Utah beach
- The German submarine U390, sunk by the Allies in July 1944 off Barfleur
- And finally the steamship Leopoldville on Christmas Eve off Cherbourg