InstrumentationD-DayD-DayCredit: Image provided by MC4, LCL Production, and Sherrell Ocean Services, created with Measutronic’s R2Sonic 2024 UHR Multibeam SonarThe wreck of the Auk-class minesweeper HMS Pylades sunk by a German midget submarine during the night of July 8, 1944 while anchored Mapping as part of the Trout defensive line (see HMS Magic above). The wreck is lying on its port side with the bow to the top. The ship’s superstruc-ture is still clearly evident to the left while the Mission partly upturned hull forms the shallowest part of the image. t’s been almost 70 years since the invasion of Normandy, there were 170,000 vehicles and 5,000-plus ships, including France when 156,000 Allied troops landed and began 702 war ships. The beaches of Normandy no doubt have a their march across Europe to defeat Hitler. And, while story to tell. Ithese soldiers’ collective destinies could not have been To honor those who served, a massive survey and archeo-known at the time, their will to