turn led to them tilting, resulting in the failure of the Crocodile spans. The Whale roadway design survived the tests undamaged and was consequently selected for use on the Mulberry harbours. One of Hughes' Hippo units did survive at Rigg Bay off Garlieston until it collapsed in a storm on 16 March 2006. In June 1943 the War Office set up a committee of civil engineers to advise on the design of the artificial harbours and the equipment to be used in them. Despite their early submissions to the War Office, neither Maunsell nor Hughes was appointed to the committee. In 1946, Hughes married Jane Vernon. After competing in several long-distance yachting events, he co-founded the Ocean Cruising Club in 1954. Later in the decade, he was involved in the building of the Blackwall Tunnel. He suffered a heart attack in 1960, and eventually retired to West Mersea. Hughes' ashes were spread in the Menai Straits after his death in Colchester, Essex. His former family house in Bangor is now let to students of Bangor University, and has a Blue plaque outside it in his honour. There is also a plaque to his memory in the museum at Arromanches. References http://www.engineering-timelines.com/who/Hughes_HI/hughesHughIorys.asp People from Bangor, Gwynedd Welsh civil engineers 1902 births 1977 deaths