D-Day vessel LCT 7074 makes landfall in Portsmouth

LCT 7074, which landed on Gold Beach in the invasion of Normandy, arrived on Southsea seafront this morning ahead of its installation at the D-Day Story Museum.

It comes following a six-year restoration project from the National Museum of the Royal Navy, bringing what was a rusty, long-decommissioned vessel back to its former glory.

For the project team this was also their 'last chance' to bring her ashore, after an attempt on Saturday night was abandoned due to strong winds.

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The vessel was towed on a barge from Portsmouth Harbour to the seafront in the middle of the night, before being brought up to Clarence Esplanade.

After being decommissioned by the Royal Navy at the end of the Second World War, LCT 7074 ended up serving as a nightclub in Liverpool, before falling into disrepair.

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