Tamzine

At the Imperial War Museum this week I saw this very special civilian fishing boat called Tamzine which was built in Margate, Kent in 1937.
The boat was named Tamzine, after a sailing skipper's eighteen year-old wife who was drowned in a shipwreck off the Scilly Isles in the 1700s, and is buried in the St Mary's Cemetery, Isle of Scilly.
Tamzine is the smallest surviving little ship that helped rescue The British Army from Dunkirk in May and June 1940.

In May 1940 the Germans advanced quickly through Holland, Belgium and France. The French and British fell back to the coast, where as many soldiers as possible rescued at Dunkirk. Hundreds of British ships and small boats crossed the Channel to work the beaches, carrying men to larger warships moored further off the coast.

Characteristics:
Length:14ft 7.5ins
Beam:5ft 1.5ins
Draught:1ft 6ins

Photo 1: Bow view of Tamzine

Photo 2: Side View

Photo 3: Shows Plaque of the Arms of Dunkirk and plaque denoting Battle Honour " Dunkirk 1940"