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The result was: promoted by Vincent60030 (talk) 11:36, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Light Vessel 72
Light Vessel 72 in 2012
- ... that Light Vessel 72 (pictured), which helped mark the route to the Normandy landing beaches, has lain in a Welsh scrapyard since 1973? "D-Day's guiding light: 42 years in the River Neath [article is dated 2015] ... With "Juno" written in large letters on its hull, it helped guide British and Canadian landing craft to Normandy as part of Operation Overlord ... The vessel continued as a light station in the Bristol Channel until 1973 and was then sold to a metal scrap yard in Neath." from: Browne, Rob (19 November 2015). "Forty-two years in the River Neath but this rusty ship has a heroic D-Day past". WalesOnline. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:02, 14 August 2020 (UTC).
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Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
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