Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Hugh Iorys Hughes (born 16 April 1902 in Bangor; died 1977 ) was a civil engineer and keen yachtsman who submitted ideas to the War Office for the design of the Mulberry harbours used in Operation Overlord. In 1917 Churchill drafted plans for the capture of the islands Borkum and Sylt, off the Dutch and Danish coasts. He planned to use sunken caissons filled with sand to form an artificial breakwater on the seabed. The proposal was shelved and forgotten."@en }
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- Hugh_Iorys_Hughes comment "Hugh Iorys Hughes (born 16 April 1902 in Bangor; died 1977 ) was a civil engineer and keen yachtsman who submitted ideas to the War Office for the design of the Mulberry harbours used in Operation Overlord. In 1917 Churchill drafted plans for the capture of the islands Borkum and Sylt, off the Dutch and Danish coasts. He planned to use sunken caissons filled with sand to form an artificial breakwater on the seabed. The proposal was shelved and forgotten.".
- Q3142269 comment "Hugh Iorys Hughes (born 16 April 1902 in Bangor; died 1977 ) was a civil engineer and keen yachtsman who submitted ideas to the War Office for the design of the Mulberry harbours used in Operation Overlord. In 1917 Churchill drafted plans for the capture of the islands Borkum and Sylt, off the Dutch and Danish coasts. He planned to use sunken caissons filled with sand to form an artificial breakwater on the seabed. The proposal was shelved and forgotten.".