Operation Pluto - Pipe Line Under The Ocean (WWII, Normandy)
 Pluto pipeline |
 HAIS fuel cable |
 HAMEL Conundrum |
 Pluto pipeline routes |
Operation PLUTO |
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| Category | Fuel pipe line under the ocean |
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Bambi route Dumbo route |
Isle of Wight, UK/ Cherbourg, FR Dungeness, UK/Boulogne, FR |
| Date built | First line laid - August 12, 1944 |
| Longest line | 70 nautical miles to Cherbourg |
| Number of lines |
4 to Cherbourg 16 to Boulogne |
| Pipe diameter |
3 inches |
| Size of Conundrum |
50 feet diameter 90 feet wide |
