The anchor from the Norwegian destroyer Svenner which was sunk by a German torpedo boat on the 6th of June 1944
This anchor belonged to the Norwegian destroyer SVENNER which
took part in "D-day" and was sunk by a German torpedo boat on
the 6th of June 1944. The anchor was found and recovered by the
French Navy during the summer of 2003.
Address
Place du Cuirassé Courbet
Hermanville-sur-Mer, Calvados
14880
France
Coordinates
49.298002, -0.302506
Parking
A memorial to the Royal Artillery of the 3rd British Infantry Division who landed at Hermanville on the 6th of June 1944 and fired from the beaches and the fields around Hermanville.
A memorial to The 5th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment.
Memorial to The Royal Navy of Norway which participated in Operation Neptune June 6 1944
