Stenoa will be one of around 50 boats from the Dunkirk Little Ships taking part in the seven-mile flotilla, comprising 1,000 boats, and the biggest gathering on the Thames for more than 350 years, on Sunday 3 June, from Battersea Bridge to Tower Bridge. She is a member of the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships and has takes part in the reunion, held every five years, the last in 2010. TimĪnd his family keep the boat on the Walton Backwaters in Essex, the inspiration for Arthur Ransomes Secret Water, the eighth book in the childrens classic Swallows and Amazons series. Of her sale, from the Cecil and Lilian Philpot, to an acronym of the familys first names Stenoa - after Sarah, Timothy, Elizabeth, Nicholas, Oliver and Anne. The boat was bought by the Dansie family in 1969 and her name was changed, a condition ![]() Taken across by naval crews and our boat took troops from the beaches out to the waiting destroyers.Īt one stage, she was marooned on the sands for over four hours. All lifeboats on the east and south coast were called in to help with the Dunkirk evacuation. ![]() Is a fitting tribute to a boat with an amazing history. Tim Dansie said: Taking part in the Pageant ![]() Tims father bought her from the RNLI at Newhaven in Sussex where she saved 148 lives during 30 years of service. With owner Tim Dansie, director of national estate agents Jackson-Stops & Staff in Ipswich, at the helm, the 55ft boat Stenoa is being prepared for the big day by Tim and his family, who have owned the boat for the past 42 years. A former lifeboat with an heroic history has been chosen to take part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant 72 years to the day after her return from Dunkirk where she helped to rescue 51 soldiers in the evacuation.
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