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THE LITTLE SHIPS

... THE LITTLE SHIPS '• Of more than 170 minor war vessels of H.M. Fleet engaged in the operation 24 have been lost. These .comprise:— One Fleet minesweeper, H.M.S. Skipjack (Lieut.-Commander P. B. Proudfoot. R.N.), one gunboat, H.M.S. Mosquito (Lieut. A ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 103 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Lost Little Ships

... Lost Little Ships \rtliur Salter, Parliamcncretary for Shipping, said it would be impracticable for his Ministry to replace small vessels belonging to civilians lost during the evacuation of Dunkirk. But c pensatio lers might obta No Answer —Yef Mr. ...

Published: Thursday 20 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 73 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE LITTLE SHIPS COME BACK

... THE LITTLE SHIPS COME BACK Some London's armada of river craft which took part In the withdrawal of the BS?. from Dunkirk returned up river this week-end In silence, they had gone down, writes the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. Pew ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 115 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

HOW LITTLE SHIPS RESCUED THE B.E.F. By EWART BROOKES

... HOW LITTLE SHIPS RESCUED THE B.E.F. By EWART BROOKES Daily Mirror Staff Reporter, who went to Dunkirk on one of the rescue ships FOR seventeen hours I lived in a hell—a hell from which we pulled out members of the 8.E.F., just some of the many thousands ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 282 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Little Ships Told By A dmiralt 4 THE withdrawal of the British, French, Forces from Northern France in when the

... Little Ships Told By A dmiralt 4 THE withdrawal of the British, French, Forces from Northern France in when the full story is told, will surprise was done with the loss of six destroyers war vessels. This, the Admiralty was a comparatively small proportion ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 698 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... said the Mayor. that he had received so far. BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT BACK to the slow waters and the lazy reaches, the Little Ships are home from Hell. They came back yesterday up London's river, dirty, damaged, pock-marked where the German bullets had ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 258 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Gave U-Boats Their Chance

... but they could not force the protected passage the Navy had drawn from Britain to Dupkirk through which the armada of little ships passed. So the U-boats looked elsewhere and found our anti-submarine defences weakmed by the Channel diversion. Our Merchant ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 148 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NAZI ARMOURED UNITS

... of Dunkirk returned to the Thames yesterday for minor repairs. Few onlookers along the Embankment realised that these little ships had helped to bring the B.E.F. to safety, (See Story on Page Three.) liy luttle Ships of Dunkirk * Come HometoThames V/ ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 58 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Inside News

... Force awards 3 America's foreign policy 4 Spotlight on the War. by A. il. Cummings 4 Full story of the heroic work of the Little Ships at Dunkirk 5 New R.A.F. attacks on Germans 3 ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 55 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Allies Are As One

... collaborating in the task of evacuating Allied troops to Britatn. Not for the first time In history this case where the little ships are doing great deeds. ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 91 | Page: 1 | Tags: none