Could anyone identify the Trawler in the attached photograph. possibilities PAXTON (LT1114), BOY ROY (LT1167), GIRL PAMELA (LT52) and LORD CAVAN (LT680). Thanks Roger
Roy Martin may be able to help. I can probably tell you what happened to all of them from my books but unlikely to identify this one so not sure if that would help? I'm assuming all the ships you've mentioned were lost during Dynamo?
Boy Roy and Paxton were beached off Dunkirk after being damaged in an air raid on the 28th May 1940 so I suspect it won't be those two. The Drifter Girl Pamela was sunk off Dunkirk Harbour after a collision with Lydd on the night 28th/29th May 1940 so I'd say she's a possibility. Lord Cavan was sunk by shell fire as she quitted the pier at Dunkirk on the 1st June so she looks the most likely candidate. Interestingly she was the depot ship on SNO Dunkirk which was the then Captain Tennant RN. Sourced from The Evacuation From Dunkirk by the Naval Historical Branch, Ministry of Defence.
Thanks Drew 5233, The general consensus puts BOY ROY and PAXTON in the frame as favourites but your contribution certainly throws new evidence into the mix. regards Roger