The wreckage of one the "little ships" that took part in the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk during World War Two has been removed from a river. The Compass Rose was one of about 850 boats that ...

This legendary HMS Wellington ship that played a huge role in the evacuation of Dunkirk - will soon be open to the public in ...

In 1940 he was with thousands of other soldiers on the beaches at Dunkirk waiting to be evacuated. Whilst they waited for the boats the soldiers were shot at and bombed, and the Germans dropped ...

About 60 boats from across Europe, that are part of the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships (ADLS), are expected to rest up at the Kent harbour in the week beginning 19 May before crossing over to ...

The ship was vital to the destruction of one enemy U-boat and was involved in Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk. Prof Dominic Tweddle, the chairman of the Wellington Trust ...

Demoralised, starving and exhausted, the men waiting on the beaches of Dunkirk endured days of fierce bombardment, while many of the boats that came to their rescue were sunk, with heavy loss of life.

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.

The most famous of these “Little Ships of Dunkirk” was the Medway Queen, led by Cook. For six days and nights, Cook and his crew made the perilous trip back and forth to the shores of Dunkirk ...