Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Sunday, March 5, 1944 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
EMPIRE MOORHEN (1941-1944 Cargo ship of Ministry of War Transport, London and sunk on 9 June 1944 as a blockship in area Gooseberry 4 Juno Beach at Courseulles-sur-Mer, Calvados (Normandy, France) Own Page

EMPIRE MOORHEN still in Glasgow and intended to be used as a blockship in the Normandy invasion

Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage5,628