Chart of landings in Vierville
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Legends of the table below:
in black:
Large barges (3 LCI and 36 LCT planned, 10 normal arrivals)
Small barges (93 planned, 50 arrivals) LCA, LCVP, LCM and DUKW
Rhino and LST pontoons have been postponed to 7 June
in blue: Infantry and Rangers
in green: armour and artillery
in red: the engineers
(i.e. only about 3000 men out of the 6000 planned on Vierville)
In violet: the initial losses are approximate in % of men actually brought to land
(i.e. very approximately 1000 killed, injured, missing on Vierville)
Material losses are significantly greater (50-80%?)
Among the 39 large barges planned in Vierville,
the 2 LCI arriving on Dog White were destroyed on site, the other LCI approached St-Laurent
10 LCT approached normally, sometimes on Dog White instead of Dog Green
8 LCT was destroyed, most of which was sunk offshore after damage caused by rising tidal obstacle mines,
17 LCT were delayed, most (approximately 13 out of 17) later pushed to St-Laurent or Le Ruquet
Of about 50 LCA , LCVP, LCM and DUKW arriving in Vierville, it is believed that only about ten could not leave the beach of Vierville, usually sunk back from the beach.
The other 43 small barges derived with current on St-Laurent or even further away.
Most of the vehicles landed were drowned by the rising tide. Only tanks survived with a few engineering vehicles and a few vehicles disembarked from midday.
Vessels and units scheduled to land after 10:15 are not counted and have generally been sent to other beach areas (St-Laurent and Le Ruquet most often).
| Time | GMT+2 time | Sector DOG WHITE 650m |
Sector DOG GREEN 900m |
Sector |
| (hours approached) |
of the villa Defortescu at the villa Richard |
of the descent of Vierville (D1) at the villa Defortescu |
west of Vierville descent (D1) |
|
| H-5 | 6.25 a.m. |
4 LCT 589, 587, 586, 535: 16 Sherman amphibious tanks |
4 LCT 590, 591, 713, 588: 16 Sherman amphibious tanks (CieB/743°Car tanks) (50% loss) |
|
| H | 6.30 a.m. |
1 LCM: (demolition obstacles beaches) |
(under the descent of Vierville) (None of the 3 SETF teams) |
(under the Gambier house) |
|
H |
6.30 a.m. |
(CTL 2050 and 2275 delayed and postponed to Saint-Laurent in the afternoon) [LCT 2050] |
1 LCT 2227 arrived at about 7:30 a.m. |
|
| H+20 | 6.50 a.m. |
1 LCM: 1 SETF team |
1 LCM: 1 SETF teams (demolition obstacles beaches) 146° Bat. Engineering + Navy) (70%) |
|
| H+30 | 7:00 a.m. | (at both ends of the sector) 2 LCA: 1/3 CieB/116 (25%) (at both ends of the sector) 2 LCVP: 1/3 CieD/116 (25%) |
(under the descent of Vierville) 2 LCA: 1/3 CieB/116 (75%) |
(1 below the cliff and 1 below the Vierville descent) |
| H+40 | 7:10 a.m. |
1 LCVP: detacht. advanced 147° Bat. |
(at both ends of the sector)) 1 LCVP and 1 LCM (late) replacement of a cast LCVP with all its equipment: 1/3 CieD/116(heavy weapons) (50%) |
| H+50 | 7:20 a.m. |
(in front of 1st cemetery) |
. |
(in the fishing pit, |
|
H+60 |
7:30 a.m. |
(LCT 703 mined on the beach, LCT 622 shell hit, LCT 704 delayed and returned to St-Laurent at approximately 12:00) |
||
| H+70 | 7.40 a.m. |
(in front of 1st cemetery) |
(at the east end of the area, opposite villa Chevalier) |
|
| H+80 | 7.50 a.m. |
LCI N°91 (destroyed in the middle of the beach in front of 1st cemetery) |
||
|
H+90 |
8:00 |
(LCT 197, 332, 364 sunken after mines on the beach, LCT 29 and 207 delayed and returned to Le Ruquet at about 4:00 p.m.) |
||
| H+100 | 8:10 a.m. |
LCI N°92 (destroyed at the top of the beach in front of villa Richard): |
............. | |
|
H+120 |
8:30 a.m. |
(CTL 147 and 153 delayed until 16:15) [LCT 147] |
(LCT 27 sank 1500m from shore with loading, further mines, |
|
|
H+150 |
9:00 |
(ICL 84 renounces to approach and goes to St-Laurent) [LCI 84] |
||
|
9.30 a.m. |
LCT 570 delayed and postponed in the afternoon on St-Laurent |
(LCT 714 sank, |
||
|
H+215 |
10:05 |
(CTL 535 and 587 delayed and postponed in the afternoon on Saint-Laurent?) [LCT 535] |
(CTL 536-substituted to TCL 590 damaged in the morning- and 591 delayed and delayed in the afternoon on Saint-Laurent?) |
|
|
H+225 |
10.15 |
LCT 572 sank, |
||
|
1 Rhino pontoon of |
LST 316 (1 Rhino pontoon) |
Virtually no landings were made in the afternoon on Vierville Beach, except perhaps the 336th Engineers Battalion that approached Dog White with its LCT around 3:00 pm (at sea already low), while it was destined for Colleville. This unit immediately began to win through the beach its objective area and reached 2 hours later, losing only a few sappers in front of the descent of St-Laurent still held by the Germans.