In May 1940, following the rapid advance of German troops through
Holland, Belgium and France, the British Expeditionary Force and
French army retreated to Dunkirk. Operation Dynamo was instigated
in an attempt to rescue as many of them as possible. With the
harbour at Dunkirk severely damaged, much of the evacuation would
have to take place from the beaches; only small, shallow-draught
boats could do this. After appealing to boatyards, yacht clubs and
yachtsmen throughout the South East of England, the Admiralty
managed to round up around 700 small craft which, along with 200
military vessels, were able to rescue an astonishing 338,226 troops
over nine days. In 1965, forty-three vessels which had taken part
in the evacuation commemorated the twenty-fifth anniversary by
crossing from Ramsgate to Dunkirk, and the Association of Dunkirk
Little Ships was formed soon afterwards. More than fifty years on,
over 120 Little Ships are still in commission and it is thought
that hundreds of others may still survive. This is their story.
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