Boulogne was captured on 22 September, but was badly damaged: most of the port equipment had been destroyed, and the harbour mouth was blocked by twenty-six sunken ships. The Royal Navy cleared a channel wide and deep, which permitted two coasters to get through on 12 October. Clearance of the wrecks was completed a month later, by which time the Royal Engineers had effected repairs to the quays to allow five coasters to berth. Thereafter, it handled a daily average of until early 1945, when it was handed over to the French. In its time under British control, the port received 9,000 personnel, 10,000 vehicles and of stores.
