Post by Admin on Apr 17, 2022 21:32:39 GMT
Silver Queen: The Barry Island Rowing Boat in Dunkirk Evacuation.
She was just a 40ft rowing boat built in 1926 to carry passengers around Barry Island.
But when the call went out in May 1940 for every available sea-going vessel to help in the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Silver Queen was one of the thousands of "little ships" who answered.
Several times she fought through German artillery right up to the beaches and, although struck in the stern, she made it out with 120 stranded soldiers aboard.
"Barry has proud connections with Dunkirk through PS Barry, and her sister ships Waverley and Glen Gower."
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She was just a 40ft rowing boat built in 1926 to carry passengers around Barry Island.
But when the call went out in May 1940 for every available sea-going vessel to help in the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Silver Queen was one of the thousands of "little ships" who answered.
Several times she fought through German artillery right up to the beaches and, although struck in the stern, she made it out with 120 stranded soldiers aboard.
"Barry has proud connections with Dunkirk through PS Barry, and her sister ships Waverley and Glen Gower."
LINK