Llanthony, a recently restored 77-foot 1934 Camper & Nicholsons motor yacht, will journey to Dunkirk this May to commemorate ...

approximately 340,000 men were picked up by some 900 ships, many of them small, privately-owned vessels. Demoralised, starving and exhausted, the men waiting on the beaches of Dunkirk endured days ...

The King has returned a Dunkirk warship’s royal status after 77 years. HMS Wellington, the UK’s last remaining Second World War escort ship, lost her status as His Majesty’s Ship when she ...

National Historic Ships UK Photography Competition is back. Open 1 May-31 Aug 2025. Win cash prizes & a feature in their ...

Read this introduction to James Bradley's story, then listen to him describe his experiences, using the links at the foot of this page. James Bradley joined the Territorial Army in the first ...

More than 1,000 people work onboard the company’s ships, at the ports and in offices at Dover and Dunkirk to keep the service running 24-7, 364 days each year. Among them are four individuals ...

Many were. But in the spring of 1940, the Battle of Dunkirk turned out to be one of the most successful military evacuations in history, as the British Navy and civilian ship rescued 330,000 soldiers.

the role of the 'skoots', the 'little ships' that set out from Poole and the evacuation of the 2nd Battalion Dorset Regiment from Dunkirk. Martha Earley, creative engagement manager at Lighthouse ...

DFDS Ferry’s main ferry on the Rosslare-Dunkirk route is returning to France following dry-docking maintenance in Gdansk, ...

Four hundred thousand British and French soldiers are holed up in the French port town of Dunkirk. The only way ... bombing the British soldiers and ships without much opposition.