Dunkirk Little Ships.

Discussion in 'The War at Sea' started by Owen, Sep 22, 2006.

  1. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    The Little Ships of Dunkirk.
    How many are left?
     
  2. Not many, but I believe the Sundowner is still afloat somewhere.
     
  3. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

  4. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Anyone have any info on Evadne? It was Richard Fairey's yacht. I don't see it on the association list but they say it might not include all of them.

    I was thinking about a 2001 movie called The Cat's Meow. The HMS Evade became the yacht Marala and was used in the movie to represent a 1920s era yacht. Excellent movie.

    HMS Evadne - Wikipedia

     
  5. Qu1ckn1ck

    Qu1ckn1ck Member

    Leigh cockle boat "Endeavour" photographed at Leigh-on-Sea this summer, one of the Dunkirk veterans:

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  6. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Is that blue sailboat sitting on its keel? :(
     
  7. Qu1ckn1ck

    Qu1ckn1ck Member

    Yes, it will have twin bilge keels so ideal for sitting on the mud when the tide is out at Leigh, which it is in this photo.
     
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  8. James Harvey

    James Harvey Senior Member

    The endeavour spent many a time watching it whilst drinking in the crooked billet
     
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  9. Qu1ckn1ck

    Qu1ckn1ck Member

    A brief history Of Endeavour during the Dunkirk evacuation:
     

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  10. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    One of them (Queen Doadicea 11) is based at the National Waterways Museum at Gloucester Docks. They use it as a Tourist attraction during the season and I did a trip on it a couple of weeks ago on the Gloucester Sharpness canal. It is now closed and in dry dock for a bit of TLC.

    Queen Boadicea II | Association of Dunkirk Little Ships



    Here are a few pics I took.

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