Boat
Category
Models
Date
1948
Materials
Metal, Wood
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Arlington Court, Devon
NT 987019
Summary
Model; Boat - This is a model of a motor launch. It is part of the Dunkirk collection, commissioned by Miss Chichester in 1948, to illustrate the type of vessels employed in the Operation Dynamo evacuation of Dunkirk, 26 May to 3 June 1940. This motor picket boat, would have been 45 feet long and an admiralty boat, it was used to ferry the men in shallow waters. The model is number D6.