This is the William and Kate Johnston approaching Dunkerque East with all the other Dunkirk Little Ships commemorating the seventieth anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation on 27th May 2010. Maersk Dover (now Dover Seaways) was the host in Dunkerque for the Operation Dynamo celebrations and it was an extraordinary day.
The Dunkirk Little Ships were a fascinating collection of boats, all entirely individual and displaying great character. I photographed each of them as they went past and they can all be seen at the end of the first collection below and at the start of the second.
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Here is a small selection including HMS Monmouth, the frigate escorting the little ships over.