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Tahilla: Dunkirk Little Ship Offered for Sale
Tahilla was commandeered for Operation Dynamo, damaged by enemy fire and retained for Admiralty service until 1948.
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Tahilla was commandeered for Operation Dynamo, damaged by enemy fire and retained for Admiralty service until 1948.
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Ruda served as a pilot-recovery craft and on Admiralty auxiliary patrol and miscellaneous naval duties.
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Royalty served as a hospital ship commissioned by the Navy to tend sick and injured servicemen during the Second World War.
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Rosa & Ada was requisitioned as a Thames supply tender supporting vessels searching for magnetic mines.
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The motor canal boat Renfrew became part of the government transport system during the Second World War.
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Regal Lady assisted at Dunkirk and later transported American troops as a fleet tender on the Clyde.
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Our Lizzie undertook covert work before the war, served at Dunkirk and continued on wartime patrol and Army duties.
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MV Watchful served as an Admiralty tender and base ship before being deployed to Dunkirk in May 1940.
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The 1944-built Michaela is listed for sale; NHS records that she is thought to have been built for the Admiralty as HSL 315.
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Mero served the Ministry of Food during the war, collecting plankton to investigate its potential as a food source.
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Magyar was compulsorily acquired in 1942 and employed on miscellaneous naval duties at Portsmouth.
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Lynher was requisitioned and used as a barrage-balloon platform in Plymouth Sound throughout the Second World War.
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Linguard is listed for sale with a National Historic Ships record that reports believed Admiralty service during the war.
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Janthea, then known as Reda or Columbine, served at Dunkirk and with the Harwich Patrol.
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Hydrogen, requisitioned in 1941 and used to carry wartime cargo through Glasgow’s docks, is listed for sale.
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Hilfranor took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, survived air attack and continued in naval service after repair.
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Gralian, a requisitioned patrol vessel whose service included the Normandy landings, is listed for sale.
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The 1936 harbour launch Gerfalcon, requisitioned as a Royal Navy Auxiliary Patrol Vessel, is listed for sale.
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Forth Princess, formerly Britannia I, served at Dunkirk and was retained as an inshore minesweeper.
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Chico, requisitioned for Royal Navy service and involved in the Dunkirk and Calais operations, is listed for sale.
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The 1933 former RNLI lifeboat and Dunkirk Little Ship Charles Cooper Henderson is offered for sale.
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The 1943 RAF Special Duty Pinnace Carimuda, believed to be the only surviving 60-foot Mk I example, is listed for sale.
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Barcadale, requisitioned on completion in 1939 and used throughout the war as a tender at Scapa Flow, is listed for sale.
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Anamac, later commissioned by the Royal Navy as Cardigrae II and used as a wartime pilot boat, is listed for sale.
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The 1935 motor yacht Aberdonia, requisitioned by the Royal Navy and used at Dunkirk and on patrol work, is listed for sale.
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