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Auction archive: Lot number 3216

WORLD WAR II—D-DAY LANDINGS. THE FIRST KNOWN PLANS DRAWN FOR THE MULBERRY HARBORS.

Estimate
US$40,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 3216

WORLD WAR II—D-DAY LANDINGS. THE FIRST KNOWN PLANS DRAWN FOR THE MULBERRY HARBORS.

Estimate
US$40,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

HUGHES, HUGH IORYS. 9 original pencil drafts, various sizes (19 ½ x 9 ½ inches to 38 x 23 ¼ inches), [London], June 17 to August 6, 1942, being Hughes original designs for the temporary harbors used during the D-Day invasions at Omaha Beach and Arromanches, each additionally annotated by Hughes, each sketch professionally conserved and matted. Drafts include: 1. "General Layout Sketch of Reinforced concrete Jetties To Be Sunk In Place." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 25 ½ x 11 ¼ inches, June 19, 1942. Includes diagrams of port operation from sea to beach with troop positions, mechanized assault vehicles, tides, bridges and pontoons. 2. "Reinforced Concrete Jetties—Typcial Pontoon To Be Sunk In Place." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 24 ¼ x 17 ½ inches, June 17, 1942. Annotated diagrams of half shear, half longitudinal, half deck, half section and transverse sectional views. 3. "Leader Pontoon—To Be Sunk In Place." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 24 ¾ x 17 inches, June 17, 1942. Annotated diagrams of half shear, half longitudinal, jalf deck, jalf section and transverse sectional views. 4. "Reinforced Concrete Jetties, Details of Steel Bridges." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 24 ¾ x 13 ¼ inches, June 20, 1942. Annotated diagrams of three types of bridges, and sketch of "Putting Bridges in Place." 5. "Reinforced Concrete Jetties, Lay-Out of Yard." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 24 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches, June 20, 1942. Annotated diagrams of composite plan and cross section, plus concrete mold composition. Listing estimated costs. 6. "Proposed Landing Jetty, General Details, Slung Span and Cantilever Type." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 38 x 23 ¼ inches, August 6, 1942. Annotated diagrams of "twistable slung span," decking, concrete frame and hull. 7. "Proposed Landing Jetty, Lay-Out Plan, Slung Span and Cantilever Type." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 35 ½ x 13 ¾ inches, August 6, 1942. 8. "Proposed Landing Jetty, Notes on Erection, Slung Span Type." 1 p, 19 ½ x 9 ½ inches, n.d. Elevation views of pontoons joined by slung span and cantilever superstructures; composite plan with reference to tidal direction. 9. "Top Plan, Longitudinal Section, and Side Elevation." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 35 ½ x 19 inches, August 6, 1942. With enlarged view of span in place and midspan section. With detailed construction directions. HUGH IORYS HUGHES' ORIGINAL WARTIME PLANS FOR THE MULBERRY HARBORS, THE MOBILE PORTS USED DURING ALLIED D-DAY OPERATIONS. These secret, wartime plans are the prototypes for what would become a key component of the D-Day invasion. Dubbed by historians as one of the greatest military engineering achievements of all time, the “Mulberry Harbours” were the brainchild of Winston Churchill and the design triumph of Welsh engineer Hugh Iorys Hughes. After the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, Allied forces were unable to mount a counter-invasion of the European mainland without access to a port large enough to handle supplies to support the troops. Capturing an existing port like Le Havre would have been difficult, if not impossible. Finding a solution to this problem, Allied leaders knew, would be imperative to defeating the Nazis. As a member of the War Cabinet during the First World War, Churchill had proposed a mobile port in support of amphibious operations to capture two islands off the coast of Germany. Though shelved at the time, the plan was resurrected during the Second World War by Hugh Iorys Hughes [1902-1977], a Welsh engineer living in London. Hughes had worked on Wembley Stadium and the Hyde Park Corner underpass; he was also an accomplished sailor and diver. In 1941-42, he contacted the War Office to propose construction of a mobile port that could be ferried across the Channel for an invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. After Hughes’s brother, a commander in the Royal Navy, brought the idea to the attention of more senior officers, it caught fire. On May

Auction archive: Lot number 3216
Auction:
Datum:
19 Jun 2012
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

HUGHES, HUGH IORYS. 9 original pencil drafts, various sizes (19 ½ x 9 ½ inches to 38 x 23 ¼ inches), [London], June 17 to August 6, 1942, being Hughes original designs for the temporary harbors used during the D-Day invasions at Omaha Beach and Arromanches, each additionally annotated by Hughes, each sketch professionally conserved and matted. Drafts include: 1. "General Layout Sketch of Reinforced concrete Jetties To Be Sunk In Place." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 25 ½ x 11 ¼ inches, June 19, 1942. Includes diagrams of port operation from sea to beach with troop positions, mechanized assault vehicles, tides, bridges and pontoons. 2. "Reinforced Concrete Jetties—Typcial Pontoon To Be Sunk In Place." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 24 ¼ x 17 ½ inches, June 17, 1942. Annotated diagrams of half shear, half longitudinal, half deck, half section and transverse sectional views. 3. "Leader Pontoon—To Be Sunk In Place." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 24 ¾ x 17 inches, June 17, 1942. Annotated diagrams of half shear, half longitudinal, jalf deck, jalf section and transverse sectional views. 4. "Reinforced Concrete Jetties, Details of Steel Bridges." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 24 ¾ x 13 ¼ inches, June 20, 1942. Annotated diagrams of three types of bridges, and sketch of "Putting Bridges in Place." 5. "Reinforced Concrete Jetties, Lay-Out of Yard." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 24 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches, June 20, 1942. Annotated diagrams of composite plan and cross section, plus concrete mold composition. Listing estimated costs. 6. "Proposed Landing Jetty, General Details, Slung Span and Cantilever Type." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 38 x 23 ¼ inches, August 6, 1942. Annotated diagrams of "twistable slung span," decking, concrete frame and hull. 7. "Proposed Landing Jetty, Lay-Out Plan, Slung Span and Cantilever Type." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 35 ½ x 13 ¾ inches, August 6, 1942. 8. "Proposed Landing Jetty, Notes on Erection, Slung Span Type." 1 p, 19 ½ x 9 ½ inches, n.d. Elevation views of pontoons joined by slung span and cantilever superstructures; composite plan with reference to tidal direction. 9. "Top Plan, Longitudinal Section, and Side Elevation." Signed ("I. Iorys Hughes, M.E."), 1 p, 35 ½ x 19 inches, August 6, 1942. With enlarged view of span in place and midspan section. With detailed construction directions. HUGH IORYS HUGHES' ORIGINAL WARTIME PLANS FOR THE MULBERRY HARBORS, THE MOBILE PORTS USED DURING ALLIED D-DAY OPERATIONS. These secret, wartime plans are the prototypes for what would become a key component of the D-Day invasion. Dubbed by historians as one of the greatest military engineering achievements of all time, the “Mulberry Harbours” were the brainchild of Winston Churchill and the design triumph of Welsh engineer Hugh Iorys Hughes. After the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, Allied forces were unable to mount a counter-invasion of the European mainland without access to a port large enough to handle supplies to support the troops. Capturing an existing port like Le Havre would have been difficult, if not impossible. Finding a solution to this problem, Allied leaders knew, would be imperative to defeating the Nazis. As a member of the War Cabinet during the First World War, Churchill had proposed a mobile port in support of amphibious operations to capture two islands off the coast of Germany. Though shelved at the time, the plan was resurrected during the Second World War by Hugh Iorys Hughes [1902-1977], a Welsh engineer living in London. Hughes had worked on Wembley Stadium and the Hyde Park Corner underpass; he was also an accomplished sailor and diver. In 1941-42, he contacted the War Office to propose construction of a mobile port that could be ferried across the Channel for an invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. After Hughes’s brother, a commander in the Royal Navy, brought the idea to the attention of more senior officers, it caught fire. On May

Auction archive: Lot number 3216
Auction:
Datum:
19 Jun 2012
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
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