Yacht
Category
Models
Date
1948
Materials
Metal, Wood
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Arlington Court, Devon
NT 987024
Summary
Model; Yacht - This is a builders' model of a motor yacht. 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. The twin screwed motor yacht this model was based on, was built on the Thames in 1936, and still survives today. The model is number D11.