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HMS Conundrum

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pipeline. The drums were cone-ended, hence the abbreviation CONUN and were used in the sea, hence subsequent ship
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being moved into position into a specially constructed dock in preparation for the winding on of the pipe.
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was the unofficial name given to the large drums used for laying the
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being towed across the English Channel laying out pipe behind it.
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nickname. They were 30 feet in diameter and weighed 250 tons.
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loaded with pipe, ready to be towed across the Channel.
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World War II
Normandy landings
PLUTO
A Conundrum being moved into position into a specially constructed dock in preparation for the winding on of the pipe.
Pipe being wound onto a Conundrum, June 1944.
A Conundrum loaded with pipe, ready to be towed across the Channel.
A Conundrum being towed across the English Channel laying out pipe behind it.
Operation Pluto


PLUTO - PIPELINE UNDER THE OCEAN
Pluto and its whereabouts in Epsom
Picture of a "HMS Conundrum"
Pipeline Under the Ocean
Categories
Western European Campaign (1944–1945)
Oil pipelines in the United Kingdom
Coastal construction
Anglo-Persian Oil Company

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