History / History & Prediction  -Military / The Ships That Saved an Army: Comprehensive Record of the One Thousand Three Hundred Little Ships of Dunkirk by Russell Plummer Russell Plummer                               Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1990 1st edition: hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 7.5 x 10 inches tall: 240 pages including index: black and white illustrations and maps.Synopsis: A detailed record of the Little Ships the took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk when more than 330,000 British and French troops were rescued from the beaches  by naval vessels and an armada of small craft.  Between 800 and 1,300 vessels are estimated to have been involved; and Russell Plummer' s research provides a unique record of as many of the individual ships as has been possible to identify.  The list includes passenger ferries, cargo vessels, paddle steamers, excursion ships, Dutch skoots, tugs , fishing boats, barges and lighters, RNLI lifeboats, Beach craft, motor cruisers and yatchs: all of whom responded to the predicament of the British Expeditionary Force trapped at Dunkirk.  The listings contain particulars of ownership, size, and propulsion, command during operation, and summaries of the careers of the larger vessels in peace and war.  Previously unpublished photographs are among the comprehensive illustrations.  Contents:- Foreword.  Introduction.  Operation Dynamo.  Personnel vessels.  Armed Boarding Vessels.  Hospital Carriers.  Cargo Ships.  Paddle Steamers.  Excursion Ships, Ferries  and Small Cargo Vessels.  Dutch Schuits ( Scoots)   Tugs.   Fishing Vessels. Barges  and Lighters.  Small Craft.  RNLI Lifeboats.  Small foreign vessels.  Naval vessels.  The Seafarer's stories.  Acknowledgements.  Bibliography.  Main entry index.  Condition dust cover, black cloth hardcover,  and contents very clean and good overall/almost as  new                                                  used books
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  • Book Title: The Ships That Saved an Army: Comprehensive Record of the One Thousand Three Hundred Little Ships of Dunkirk
  • Author: Russell Plummer
  • ISBN: 1852602104
  • Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd
  • Year Published: 1990
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