HMS Wellington, also saw action during the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, when she was called off convoy duty and ordered to St Valery, 30 miles north-east of Le Havre.
The reels of black and white footage capture key moments during Operation Dynamo, the rescue from Dunkirk of over 300,000 British and allied troops trapped by advancing German forces. The films were ...
The reels of black and white footage capture key moments during Operation Dynamo, the rescue from Dunkirk of over 300,000 British and allied troops trapped by advancing German forces. The films were ...
He was still a probationary when the war started and was posted to HMS Grenade at Harwich ... his ship received orders to proceed to a 'place called Dunkirk'. Everybody thought this was in ...
Twelve people share their memories of the evacuation of Dunkirk, described by one as 'a planned miracle'. Narrated by Sir Basil Bartlett, a British Expeditionary Force police captain who was based ...
The tug 'Foremost 22' took part in the evacuation, helping tow the damaged HMS Sharpshooter from Dunkirk to Dover Researchers have launched a mission to find wrecks of ships lost during the ...