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Little ships make bigwaves

... Little ships make bigwaves WM Nixon Sailing on Saturday THE little ships are home from West Cork. The historic expeditions to the Glandore Classics Regatta by the Cork Harbour One Designs (vintage 1896) and the Howth Seventeens (class of 1898) have been ...

Published: Saturday 19 July 2003
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 925 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

Among The Little Ships At Dunkirk

... Among The Little Ships At Dunkirk WHAT happened at Dunkirk has been in the forefront of memory recently, as the 60 year anniversary recalled it once more. The crew of the Fleetwood trawler Gava were there, in the thick of it, in May 1940. Gava had just ...

Published: Thursday 15 June 2000
Newspaper: Fleetwood Weekly News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 517 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Dunkirk crowds salute Little Ships

... Dunkirk crowds salute Little Ships CHEERING crowds yesterday lined the dockside to greet more than 60 Little Ships as they sailed into Dunkirk to mark the 60th anniversary of the World War II evacuation of the French port. The Little Ships, which rescued 330 ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 2000
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 218 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

today Little Ships set sail for Dunkirk

... today Little Ships set sail for Dunkirk A FLEET of 61 “Little Ships” today began a journey across the English Channel to mark the 60th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk. The various-sized boats formed a line behind escort vessel HMS Somerset as ...

‘Little ships’ retrace historic voyage to Dunkirk

... ‘Little ships’ retrace historic voyage to Dunkirk A FLEET of 61 “Little Ships” today began a journey across the English Channel to mark the 60th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk. The various sized boats formed a line behind escort vessel HMS Somerset ...

Published: Friday 02 June 2000
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 626 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

‘Little ships’ sail back to scene of wartime triumph

... ‘Little ships’ sail back to scene of wartime triumph Jon Coates CHEERING - crowds lined the dockside to greet more than 60 ‘little ships’ last night as they sailed into Dunkirk to mark the 60th anniversary of the Second World War evacuation of the French ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 274 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Little Ships safe into port after ‘Dover dash’

... Little Ships safe into port after ‘Dover dash’ MORE than 30 of Dunkirk’s Little Shil{: were last night safe })ort after making a dash or Dover to take advantage of a 24-hour gap in atrocious weather. Over the weekend, plans for a gathering of the shlgs ...

Published: Tuesday 30 May 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 662 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

‘Little Ships’ begin final journey home 4 A FLEET of 60 Little Ships set sail from was due to welcome

... ‘Little Ships’ begin final journey home 4 A FLEET of 60 Little Ships set sail from was due to welcome the flotilla, which for rain but no wind. The Little Ships ’ Dunkirk today on the return legof of a was the size of a supertanker as it were returning ...

Troops wait on the beachfor rescue by the little ships. Right, one of the men at vestordnyf_Sf.c‘pmmmornlon

... Troops wait on the beachfor rescue by the little ships. Right, one of the men at vestordnyf_Sf.c‘pmmmornlon boat back to Britain, most of the men ended up in St Valery surrounded by fog and with no ships to take them home. In a last stand agai e Germans ...

Published: Monday 05 June 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 404 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Little Ships leaving Dover for the 60th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation Titanic survivor

... Little Ships leaving Dover for the 60th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation Titanic survivor TITANIC survivor was Aone of the heroes of the Dunkirk evac- uation. Veterans who commemorated the 60th anniversary yesterday of the World War Two evacuation ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 207 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HEERING crowds Clined the dockside last night to greet more than 60 Little Ships as they sailed into Dunkirk to

... crowds Clined the dockside last night to greet more than 60 Little Ships as they sailed into Dunkirk to mark the 60th anniversary of the Second World War evacuation of the French port. The Little Ships, which helped to rescue 330,000 Allied troops from the ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 822 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

News Focus: Dunkirk revisited Myths and miracles of darkest hour A new book on Dunkirk claims the Navy played a ..

... Dunkirk revisited Myths and miracles of darkest hour A new book on Dunkirk claims the Navy played a greater role than the little ships’, writes Gavin Bell FOR 60 years the enduring image of an armada of tugs, trawlers, lifeboats and paddle steamers racing ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 537 | Page: 9 | Tags: none