SS Empire Traveller unloads at Cherbourg port

ssempiretravellerunloadsatcherbourgport2.jpg

The British oil tanker SS Empire Traveller was the first tanker to dock at Cherbourg's fuel depot and unloaded 9,000 tons of gasoline to be used by the Allied armed forces in the breakout from Normandy.

The fuel was pumped directly to storage tanks onshore. Fixed pipes ran up the jetty to a floating pontoon where flexible pipes were run up to the vessel itsel